I wish there was an ethnic angle to this.<\/p>\n
Vanity Fair<\/a>: <\/p>\n Some of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley are regulars at exclusive, drug-fueled, sex-laced parties\u2014gatherings they describe not as scandalous, or even secret, but as a bold, unconventional lifestyle choice. Yet, while the guys get laid, the women get screwed. In an adaptation from her new book, Brotopia, Emily Chang exposes the tired and toxic dynamic at play.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Who knew that goyim could be so predatory? <\/p>\n About once a month, on a Friday or Saturday night, the Silicon Valley Technorati gather for a drug-heavy, sex-heavy party. Sometimes the venue is an epic mansion in San Francisco\u2019s Pacific Heights; sometimes it\u2019s a lavish home in the foothills of Atherton or Hillsborough. On special occasions, the guests will travel north to someone\u2019s ch\u00e2teau in Napa Valley or to a private beachfront property in Malibu or to a boat off the coast of Ibiza, and the bacchanal will last an entire weekend. The places change, but many of the players and the purpose remain the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Is this article a candid description of the Inner Party at work?<\/p>\n The freewheeling sex lives pursued by men in tech\u2014from the elite down to the rank and file\u2014have consequences for how business gets done in Silicon Valley.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Everything we do affects other people. The more power and money a guy accummullates, the more people he can screw.<\/p>\n I believe there is a critical story to tell about how the women who participate in these events are often marginalized, even if they attend of their own volition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Why would only women have a story to tell? Anyway, dumb people are routinely marginalized because they are not smart enough to keep up, and on average, women are five IQ points behind men. <\/p>\n Perhaps this culture is just one of the many offshoots of the sexually progressive Bay Area, which gave rise to the desert festival of free expression Burning Man, now frequented by the tech elite.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The more you free up sexuality, the more predatory it gets. <\/p>\n \u201cAnyone else who is on the outside would be looking at this and saying, Oh my God, this is so fucked up,\u201d one female entrepreneur told me. \u201cBut the people in it have a very different perception about what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Different groups have different norms. The Inner Party, for example, has different norms from the Outer Party. <\/p>\n Alcohol lubricates the conversation until, after the final course, the drugs roll out. Some form of MDMA, a.k.a. Ecstasy or Molly, known for transforming relative strangers into extremely affectionate friends, is de rigueur, including Molly tablets that have been molded into the logos of some of the hottest tech companies. Some refer to these parties as \u201cE-parties.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Many women in particular are looking to escape responsibility for their choices, they love to blame bad decisions on drugs and alcohol and the predations of other people. Few women are willing to take responsibility for their choices. For most of human history, were the property of a father, husband or brother or other relation, so they didn’t have to take responsibility. We need to regulate women as a natural resource because most of them don’t want the responsibility that comes with agency. <\/p>\n Do you know why WASPs won’t go to orgies? Too many thank you notes to write.<\/p>\n These sex parties happen so often among the premier V.C. and founder crowd that this isn\u2019t a scandal or even really a secret, I\u2019ve been told; it\u2019s a lifestyle choice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n People with high IQs are less vulnerable to the consequences of a libertine life while the working class, for example, was devastated by the sexual revolution. <\/p>\n While some parties may be devoted primarily to drugs and sexual activity, others may boast just pockets of it, and some guests can be caught unawares.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n People who don’t want to take responsibility for their choices are likely to be shocked and offended that sex goes on at parties. Orthodox Judaism segregates the sexes because it assumes that debauchery is likely to occur when you give people an opportunity.<\/p>\n They don\u2019t necessarily see themselves as predatory. When they look in the mirror, they see individuals setting a new paradigm of behavior by pushing the boundaries of social mores and values.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hmm, this sounds like a transgressive elite at war with the wider culture. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I wish there was an ethnic angle to this. Vanity Fair: Some of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley are regulars at exclusive, drug-fueled, sex-laced parties\u2014gatherings they describe not as scandalous, or even secret, but as a bold, unconventional … Continue reading