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Without trying to sound like an absolute ass, this article shows EXACTLY why most of the founders of the biggest empires and hottest startups are in fact men. I
by jlgosse 16y ago
Without trying to sound like an absolute ass, this article shows EXACTLY why most of the founders of the biggest empires and hottest startups are in fact men. I say MOST as I'm sure there are many women as well, but clearly they are overshadowed by men in this case.
- rchi 16y agoon the titanic, 46% of women in the 3rd class was saved whereas only 33% of men in the 1st class survived.
- scrod 16y ago>Without trying to sound like an absolute ass... Some things just come naturally to you I suppose.
- techiferous 16y ago"Some things just come naturally to you I suppose." You just called him an ass. That's rude. He(?) stated that "most of the founders of the biggest empires and hottest startups are in fact men" which is a fact. He's also speculating that the pressures put on men to get rich is the main cause of this. I see nothing offensive about what he said.
- scrod 16y agoActually, I implied that he sounded like an ass. And it's disingenuous of you to pretend that the purpose of his comment was to purely, disinterestedly disseminate facts. Instead of hearing the wisdom of the article writer, he demonstrates precisely the mentality with which she was finding fault, essentially generalizing her philosophy to all women, and painting it in the light of failure rather than moderation and internal peace. Frankly, I find his comment chauvinistic and somewhat offensive, and I'm not even a woman.
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- byw 16y agoI wonder if it has more to do with culture. According to Forbes, about half of all female billionaires are from China. http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/22/billionaire-women-entrepreneur-china-richest.html http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/22/billionaire-women-entrepren...
- Elite 16y agoIs Oprah the only self-made Billionaire in the US/Europe? I know that there are several female billionaires but all the fortunes I can think of now are inherited
- tlrobinson 16y agoScanning the Forbes list (I could have missed some): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank.html http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_The-Wo... Doris Fisher (Gap): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Doris-Fisher_KSXV.html http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Doris-... Oprah Winfrey: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Oprah-Winfrey_O0ZT.html http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Oprah-... Meg Whitman (Ebay): http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Margaret-Whitman_5AW7.html http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_Margar...