As a mother and female entrepreneur, I feel extremely sad, disappointed and offended by the sloppy, misleading reporting of @emilychangtv about a recent tech party described as a “sex party”. I was at the party the entire time, and there was no sex of any kind happening at the event. I did not feel propositioned in any way. This is extremely misleading reporting to the public because she writes in her book that there is a pervasive sex party culture in SF and implies that a tech event had this type of activity when multiple attendees (including myself) have confirmed that no such activity existed. It is guilt by association and she knows it and yet, she lets it persist because it draws salacious attention to her upcoming book release. Someone who cares about journalism should call her out on this.

Other journalists, like @danprimack run with “sex party” headlines in complete disregard to the source material — no such claim exists by any of the hundreds of attendees. All we have is a chorus of voices that say no such thing occurred. Yet, these journalists do not adjust their headlines. Shameful. As a female entrepreneur, these false stories only make women more vulnerable to real predators, as real victims are subsequently given less credence and subject to more suspicion.