>>> 7:42 ON A FRIDAY MORNING. WE'RE BACK WITH A NEW TAKE ON
THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT SCANDALS THAT HAVE BEEN SWEEPING THROUGH
SILICON VALLEY. >> ONE RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT
60% OF WOMEN WHO WORK IN THE TECH INDUSTRY, HAVE REPORTED
UNWANTED SEXUAL ADVANCES. BUT DESPITE THAT STUNNING
NUMBER, FEW WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD TO SHARE THEIR STORIES
ON TELEVISION. THAT IS UNTIL NOW.
MEGYN KELLY HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS.
AN EYE-OPENER, MEGYN. >> Reporter: ALL ENTREPRENEURS,
WHO WORK IN AN INDUSTRY, WHERE THEY SAY, WHILE THE PRODUCTS AND
THE BUSINESS PLANS MAY BE NEW, THE ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN ARE
ANYTHING BUT. >> HIS ENTIRE SIDE OF HIS BODY
WAS PUSHING UP AGAINST ME. AND STARTS LEANING IN.
>> I SAID NO. I SAID NO MULTIPLE TIMES.
HE STILL CAME ON TO ME, RIGHT? >> TO WALK INTO A PITCH OR ROOM,
JUST TO GET HIT ON, IS DEVASTATING TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
AND TO EXPERIENCE THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, CAN REALLY
TAKE A TOLL, AN EMOTIONAL TOLL. >> Reporter: HOW MANY HERE HAVE
EXPERIENCED WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
HOW MANY CHOSE NOT TO REPORT IT OR TO COMPLAIN?
HOW MANY FEARED RETALIATION IF THEY DID COMPLAIN?
IS THAT, DO YOU BELIEVE, BAKED INTO THE CULTURE HERE?
>> WHEN I HAD THE FIRST REALLY BAD SITUATION, I WAS SHAKEN UP.
I WAS UPSET. AND I TOLD A FEW PEOPLE IN THE
INDUSTRY. AND A LOT OF THEM SAID, WHAT DO
YOU EXPECT? YOU WENT OUT FOR A COFFEE
MEETING WITH A GUY WHO HAD SAID HE HAD INTEREST IN YOUR COMPANY.
OF COURSE THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
LIKE, YEAH. THAT HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: SUCK IT UP. IS IT THE TRUTH, IT'S NOT JUST
THE INVESTOR, NOT JUST THIS GUY. YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS
GUY, THEN, RUINING YOUR REPUTATION BECAUSE YOU REFUSED
TO SLEEP WITH HIM. >> THERE'S NO BINARY CHOICE.
DO I TAKE THE MONEY AND DO THIS THING?
OR DO I WALK AWAY UNSCATHED? YOU'RE MAKING A CHOICE AT THIS
POINT, IN YOUR CASE, OR MANY OF THE CASES, YOU ARE JEOPARDING
YOURSELF, WHERE HE CAN SAY WHAT HE WANTS ABOUT YOU.
>> Reporter: YOU HAVE TO BE CLEVER ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE TO FIND A CLEVER SITUATION WITHOUT ALIENATED THIS
GUY. >> YOU HAVE TO BE POLITE.
YOU CAN WALK AWAY. YOU CAN DO IT IN A DRAMATIC
FASHION. BUT YOU'RE DEFINITELY PUTTING
YOUR BUSINESS AT RISK. >> Reporter: WHAT'S
EXTRAORDINARY IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WOMEN ARE SPEAKING
ABOUT THIS IN SILICON VALLEY. THERE'S BEEN TWO WOMEN WHO HAVE
SPOKEN TO THIS ISSUE. AND NOW, JUSTICE U.S. IN JULY,
WE'RE SEEING MORE WOMEN COME OUT.
THEY SPOKE TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON CAMERA.
IT'S VERY COURAGEOUS. THIS IS NOT A CULTURE THAT'S
ENCOURAGING THIS. AND THERE'S NOT A H.R.
SITUATION. >> IT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION
BECAUSE THESE ARE WOMEN WITH START-UP COMPANIES.
THEY TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING. >> Reporter: THERE IS NO H.R.
ENTREPRENEURS THAT TRY TO GET MONEY FROM VENTURE CAPITALIST,
90% WHOM ARE MALE. AND THE CULTURE OUT THERE, ONE
AFTER ANOTHER, THE WOMEN TRIED, MAYBE BACK CHANNEL TO GO TO A
FRIEND TO SAY, CAN YOU TELL THE LIMITED PARTNERS WHO ARE
INVESTING IN THIS COMPANY THAT HE'S LIKE THIS.
AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER, THE ANSWER WAS DEAL WITH IT.
>> A LOT OF WOMEN ARE WATCHING THAT PIECE NODDING THEIR HEAD,
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT, TOO. >> Reporter: NOT LIKE THEY DON'T
GET EYE CONTACT. THEY GET INTERRUPTED MORE.
THEY GET ASKED TO FETCH COFFEE AND TAKE NOTES.
AND ON TOP OF IT, THEY GET A TONGUE DOWN THEIR THROAT.
>> THEY GET TOO MUCH EYE CONTACT WHEN THEY DON'T WANT IT.
>> EYE-OPENING, FOR SURE. TH