Commenters talking about a woman admitting her fear of alienating a friend w/ connections like that makes her case suspect/makes her look like a shitty person do. not. get it.

Weighing that doesn’t mean it’s someone’s priority—just that they’re cognizant of the way things work.

Lmfao apparently someone read “the way things work” as “women sleep for positions” so to be abundantly clear:

The “way things work” is that if you piss off someone in power in an industry that runs almost entirely on social capital, you endanger future prospects.

Which is part of the burden that then has to be managed when someone is making you uncomfortable (or worse).