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Comment author: Creutzer 06 January 2014 07:22:39PM 7 points [-]

and when having a "no sexual harassment" policy creates a firestorm

Wasn't it rather the adoption of this as an explicit policy that created trouble? And that's not surprising, because it suggests that the problem is prevalent in the group to an extent that makes the explicit policy needed, which insinuation will naturally offend some members of the group.