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> everyone just ignores that while they bitch endlessly about sexism the economist is probably aware of the existence of female partners/co-founders; from the

• Mz 10y ago
  Title: Y combinator, X chromosomes Sounds like a great lead in for "Hey, didja know that one half of the original team that actually founded this is really a woman who kind of isn't getting the credit she really deserves while people run around talking overly much about Da Menz." Furthermore, Y Combinator seems to do a fair amount of stuff in terms of promoting female founder conferences and participating in them, and they have a regular thing here on HN here lately where they do something like "Ask a female engineer." So the title is basically smearing Y Combinator for what all of SV is doing instead of actually recognizing what is going on here. It is sort of like saying "We are going to hang the only guy in town who is not a member of the KKK because he is white and we need a scapegoat."
  • DanBC 10y ago
    > Title: Y combinator, X chromosomes That's the title on HN. Where does it appear in the Economist article?
    • tomhoward 10y ago
      It's a section heading near the end. Obviously it still shouldn't have been used as the submission title.