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Silicon Valley Gender Discrimination Suit Begins Closing Arguments

By Take Two Staff
Published Mar 25, 2015
Ellen Pao, center, leaves the Civic Center Courthouse along with her attorney, Therese Lawless, left, during a lunch break in her trial Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Francisco. A jury heard opening arguments Tuesday in a multi-million dollar sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the current interim chief of the news and social media site Reddit against a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Pau is seeking $16 milion in her suit against Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, alleging she was sexually harassed by male officials. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Ellen Pao, center, leaves the Civic Center Courthouse along with her attorney, Therese Lawless, left, during a lunch break in her trial Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Silicon Valley Gender Discrimination Suit Begins Closing Arguments

Closing arguments begin today in the high profile Silicon Valley gender discrimination trial. Reddit CEO Ellen Pao is suing her former employer, the powerful Venture Capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, for $16 million in lost wages and up to $140 million in damages.

She alleges that Kleiner Perkins engaged in routine gender discrimination and retaliation. Meanwhile, Kleiner Perkins contends that Pao simply could not keep up in a hyper competitive world. 

In the last week, two women have filed gender discrimination suits against social media giants, Twitter and Facebook. Are we at a turning point for women in the tech industry? 

A Martinez talks to Elizabeth Weise, a technology reporter for USA Today. She's been following the case since the beginning.