Susan Fowler’s recent blog post, published two months after leaving her yearlong stint as an Uber engineer, describes the company’s management as misogynist, disorganized, and juvenile. The narrative of her sexual harassment complaints and the company’s hamfisted responses, which ranged from ignoring her claims to blaming her for the problem, immediately grabbed the media spotlight.

Given that sexism in the tech industry has become a niche media beat and Uber’s founder and CEO Travis Kalanick already has a reputation for fratty behavior, this attention comes as little surprise. It has been a real delight watching a man who once referred to his company as “Boober” (due to the caché Uber gave him on the dating scene) trying to keep a straight face while promising to root out harassment in the workplace. Adding to the media frenzy, Fowler seems like a perfect victim: she’s white, smart, accomplished, pleasant, and responsible. Of all people, she should not be treated this way.

The familiarity of this story speaks volumes: a manager sexually harasses or otherwise bullies a subordinate. The worker reports the incident to human resources, but — surprise! — the accused turns out to be a high-performing employee, a nice guy (it’s almost always a guy) who made one mistake. Surely everyone should consider his interests too.