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Wait a second. Is this author saying that as a woman, she doesn't have any special insight into female users, isn't closer to the female audience, and doesn't b
by yummyfajitas 11y ago
Wait a second. Is this author saying that as a woman, she doesn't have any special insight into female users, isn't closer to the female audience, and doesn't bring any special female viewpoints into tech?
And in fact, the only similarity between her and another person is if the person is also an entrepreneur? There is no special female perspective, and therefore we don't get diversity of viewpoints or other cognitive benefits just by having more women?
That sure seems to contradict the narrative.
- ntakasaki 11y agoHave you read the entire thing? It's about comparing them to VCs wives, presumably housewives, not about a special female perspective on, say a female focused startup, but being compared to a female who wants to be in a traditional role in a patriarchal society. Not sure how any one can miss it as badly as you did.
- yummyfajitas 11y agoI read it. She's ranting about something else - a VC suggesting he has no female-founded companies in his portfolio because very few apply - and somehow this offends her. But along the way, she claims that "the extent to which she is founding a company is the extent to which I have something in common with her", which pretty much contradicts the entire pro-diversity narrative.
- jmagoon 11y agoSeems like the part she's pissed at is "I think mothers have more important things to do...be mothers".
- codingbinary 11y agoWhich is true, because your child should be your #1 priority. Regardless of your gender.
- dennisgorelik 11y agoWhat if you have 2 kids? Who should be your #1 priority? In any case, how important children should be for their parents is not the key issue here. The key issue is how you treat your potential investors (preferably with respect).