I think the author should have opened with the examples and gone on from there.

But yeah. Conventions and super-scummy sexual harassment behavior (in men in positions of authority toward women) without consequences unfortunately tend to go together a lot. In FOSS or otherwise. (Consider Elevatorgate.)

And I don’t disbelieve the author when they say:

I suspect [Adria Richards] knew that if she reported it secretly the Python leadership it would be hushed up.