i've poeticized a prose intro. to a news story

LOVE FOR SALE Their stories came out slowly, even hesitantly, at first. Then in a rush.

One female entrepreneur recounted how she had been propositioned  by a Silicon Valley venture capitalist while seeking a job with  him,  which she did not land after rebuffing  him. Another  showed the increasingly suggestive messages she had received from a start-up investor.  And one chief executive described  how she had faced numerous sexist comments from an investor while raising money  for her online community website.

What happened afterward was often just as disturbing, the women told The New York Times. Many times, the investors’ firms and colleagues  ignored or played down what had happened  when            the                 situations                                  were                                            brought                                                          to                                                                                               their                                                                       attention. Saying anything, the women were warned, might lead-------------------> to ostracism.

Now  some of these female entrepreneurs  have decided  to take that risk.                    women were always in charge and better off                              when they ran the kitchens                                                         (  -from the editor -  ) ....