[Deleting the earlier part of my comment because it involved an anonymized allegation of misconduct I made, that upon reflection, I feel uncomfortable making public.]
I also want to state, in response to Ivy’s comment, that I am a woman in EA who has been demoralized by my experience of casual sexism within it. I’ve not experience sexual harassment. But the way the Bloomberg piece describes the way EA/rats talk about women feels very familiar to me (as someone who interacts only with EAs and not rats). E.g., “5 year old in a hot 20 year old’s body” or introducing a woman as “ratbait.”
EA is my community, most of my friends are in EA, and it is so much fun. But if I had to choose between EA as “professional” or “fun,” I would choose professional in a heart beat. What has brought us together is a commitment to doing good, and doing good in the world, not personal enjoyment, should be the guiding star for choices we make in regard to the EA community.
If a norm is important for a professional community to have, even if it means that community might end up being less fun for me, we should absolutely institute that norm.