But tweeting like you’re the manager at a local

Hooters instead of one of the tech industry’s top

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harassment. And it gives license for others in the

industry to treat women as the literal butt of

jokes. This is something that the women

employed at Tesla have experience with,

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each other.

“The pervasive culture of sexual harassment,

which includes a daily barrage of sexist language

and behavior, including frequent groping on the

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managers and often perpetrated by them,” reads

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production associate at the company’s Fremont,

California, factory. Barraza says she was harassed

almost daily for three years at Tesla, with no

response from HR except for them disabling their

email address that handled complaints.

Erica Cloud, a Tesla assembly line worker, in

another lawsuit says she experienced “continuous

and pervasive” sexual harassment from her

manager. When she complained to HR, she faced

retaliation from other managers. Tesla seems to

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it when its CEO engages in indefensible behavior

so publicly.

As for the women employed at Tesla, if they

manage to get through their workdays without

being harassed, Musk recently gave them the

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put their lives in jeopardy. As Texas prepared to

ban most abortions and put a bounty on any

women who seek one or those who aid them,

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