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> incompetence is overlooked in areas where we expect one gender to have better skills. I agree and that's a good point. However, 1) if leadership is a male fi
by hackuser 11y ago
> incompetence is overlooked in areas where we expect one gender to have better skills.
I agree and that's a good point. However, 1) if leadership is a male field then men should face higher standards, not lower ones; and 2) the consequences for high-level leaders can be much more serious than tires or nappies, too serious to dismiss with casual gender stereotypes.
- scott_karana 11y ago> However, 1) if leadership is a male field then men should face higher standards, not lower ones I suspect that anthropologists and sociologists would say that the OPPOSITE is true: that people inside peer-groups are often subject to less criticism than those out of the groups. ;-)