Female Yahoo Executive Sued By Woman For Sexual Harassment, ‘Male Dominated’ Culture Blamed

by Austin Petersen

Yahoo executive Maria Zhang is being sued for sexual harassment after she allegedly forced her subordinate, Nan Shi, to have “oral and digital sex” with her. The lawsuit states that Zhang promised Shi a “bright future” at Yahoo while simultaneously threatening to “take everything away from her.” The lawyer representing Shi remarked that “You’ll see more sexual harassment cases in Silicon Valley because of the male dominated culture.”

The incidents in question reportedly took place at Zhang’s temporary housing unit in Sunnyvale, California. The complaint reads that once Shi began refusing Zhang’s advances, she was hit with poor performance reviews and less important assignments.

In a response to CNNMoney to a question about the executive, Yahoo responded, “Maria is an exemplary Yahoo executive and we intend to fight vigorously to clear her name.” CNNMoney is aggressively pushing related stories to this about how Silicon Valley is overwhelmingly white and male as well as stories about how startups have a sexism problem, again due to white males.





Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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