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Gabi Holzwarth was glad to be out of Uber’s orbit, which she described to The Huffington Post as a deeply misogynistic environment that was damaging to her psyche. But she got pulled back in with a phone call three weeks ago from a top Uber executive, who she says urged her to keep quiet about a incident at a South Korean karaoke and escort bar.

Holzwarth, though, says nothing will stop her from speaking out.

For three years, while she was dating Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Holzwarth ― a violinist and business development manager ― spent time at bars and parties surrounded by the men of Silicon Valley.

If there were women around, she said, they were more likely to be models than other executives.

“You go to an event and there’s just a bunch of models they’ve flown in,” Holzwarth, 27, told HuffPost.

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“That’s what they like to play with. That’s pretty much it.”

It wasn’t a good situation for Holzwarth, who’s dealt with eating disorders for years.

“As a woman struggling