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I don't disagree that attractive women can sometimes be disproportionately encouraged simply because of their looks but is there a reason to believe this to be

I don't disagree that attractive women can sometimes be disproportionately encouraged simply because of their looks but is there a reason to believe this to be the case with Holmes other than the fact that she is attractive and successful?

Mz 10y ago
It is my opinion, informed by my personal experiences (edit: and by reading multiple articles about the company and its melt down). I haven't presented it as the conclusion of some study. I don't know where you can find a study of comparable situations. I don't know of any other so-called decacorns, much less ones going down in flames to this degree. So it is essentially impossible to have some kind of meaningful large scale study. That doesn't prevent me from having opinions. I have studied things like social psychology, so it is not an uninformed opinion. But your question sort of makes me think of when I talk to men on HN who fail to see any sexism here when there does not appear to be a single woman on the leaderboard. (That always makes me feel like "okay, if that isn't obvious on the face of it, not sure there is any point in wasting any breathe here.")
- winteriscoming 10y ago
  >> But your question sort of makes me think of when I talk to men on HN who fail to see any sexism here when there does not appear to be a single woman on the leaderboard I am relatively new on this site, where is the leaderboard? How do you know whoever are on it currently doesn't include any woman? The threads that I have read so far since I have been here, except for some of the comments, I hardly check who posted the comment let alone know whether it's a man or a woman.
  - Mz 10y ago
    It is inherently hard to tell here. I appear to be the highest ranked woman here and I am thousands short of the leaderboard. I actively researched it and blogged about it. Check my profile for links. Click on Lists at the bottom of the page and then click on Leaders.
    - winteriscoming 10y ago
      Thanks, had never seen the Links at the bottom of the page before.
      - Mz 10y ago
        :-)
- inimino 10y ago
  I wonder if some of the people downvoting this would explain why, as I don't see anything clearly objectionable about it and the personal opinions expressed certainly seem relevant to the topic.
- maverick_iceman 10y ago
  So simply disagreeing with you is sexism now? I am a PoC, so should I take that people disagreeing with me are racist?
  - Mz 10y ago
    I said no such thing.

Mz 10y ago

It is my opinion, informed by my personal experiences (edit: and by reading multiple articles about the company and its melt down). I haven't presented it as the conclusion of some study. I don't know where you can find a study of comparable situations. I don't know of any other so-called decacorns, much less ones going down in flames to this degree. So it is essentially impossible to have some kind of meaningful large scale study. That doesn't prevent me from having opinions. I have studied things like social psychology, so it is not an uninformed opinion. But your question sort of makes me think of when I talk to men on HN who fail to see any sexism here when there does not appear to be a single woman on the leaderboard. (That always makes me feel like "okay, if that isn't obvious on the face of it, not sure there is any point in wasting any breathe here.")

winteriscoming 10y ago
>> But your question sort of makes me think of when I talk to men on HN who fail to see any sexism here when there does not appear to be a single woman on the leaderboard I am relatively new on this site, where is the leaderboard? How do you know whoever are on it currently doesn't include any woman? The threads that I have read so far since I have been here, except for some of the comments, I hardly check who posted the comment let alone know whether it's a man or a woman.
- Mz 10y ago
  It is inherently hard to tell here. I appear to be the highest ranked woman here and I am thousands short of the leaderboard. I actively researched it and blogged about it. Check my profile for links. Click on Lists at the bottom of the page and then click on Leaders.
  - winteriscoming 10y ago
    Thanks, had never seen the Links at the bottom of the page before.
    - Mz 10y ago
      :-)
inimino 10y ago
I wonder if some of the people downvoting this would explain why, as I don't see anything clearly objectionable about it and the personal opinions expressed certainly seem relevant to the topic.
maverick_iceman 10y ago
So simply disagreeing with you is sexism now? I am a PoC, so should I take that people disagreeing with me are racist?
- Mz 10y ago
  I said no such thing.