Comment by gwd

So now having read one of the original reports [1], and not being able to see the response he claimed he and other women had written (they're mentioned in the post but not linked to), it's hard not to think that there was potentially problematic behavior which was done somewhat in ignorance.

In this situation, I think Jesus' advice actually makes a lot of sense:

> “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector." [2]

So according to Yifan's blog, she did step 1 -- she directly confronted Jon, and he refused to consider his behavior as problematic.

Imagine what would happen if she'd told her story to some of the Scala leadership; and instead of having a coordinated blog post, three of them went and had a conversation with Jon together. That would have been a much stronger signal to potentially change his tune -- whether or not he thought he'd done something wrong, he might well have decided not to do that in the future, for fear of consequences: Which, would really be the main point.

If after that he continued the behavior described in the blog post, they could have gone public, and demanded specific changes in behavior. If he apologizes and changes, fair enough, move forward. If he doubles down, then cancel him.

As it stands, Jon seems to be "back", still doesn't think what he did was wrong. Maybe he'll be more careful this time, or maybe he'll be emboldened.

[1] https://medium.com/@yifanxing/my-experience-with-sexual-hara...

[2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2018%3A...