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What I see in those statistics is that both race AND gender play a role. Do you see that too? It's not about oppression olympics, it's about not letting that j

What I see in those statistics is that both race AND gender play a role. Do you see that too? It's not about oppression olympics, it's about not letting that jerk investor do any more damage by making you bitter towards the whole process. Don't wait for things to be "fair". Accept that there are jerks in life, and play to win anyway. The stats I mentioned were to put the articles anecdotes about tactless investors in perspective. "2) If you're a white man, crying about how horrible is the specter of you getting murdered or sent to jail, in the middle of a conversation about sexism... you're just making excuses. Your likelihood of going to jail or being murdered is much closer to a white woman's." You're completely right, my gender and race make my opinion completely invalid. Glad we could have this discussion on equality.

erikpukinskis 16y ago
Yes, of course race and gender play a role. I think it's great that you want to help people feel less bitter. I think your approach of saying these situations are unimportant and should be ignored may help some women feel less bitter, but I know for many women that viewpoint just makes them feel more alienated. Your race doesn't make your opinion invalid. I'm sorry if I implied that. What I was trying to say is that your race may or may not give you the right to derail a conversation about someone else's oppression. I'd love to have a separate conversation with you about masculinity and the ways the patriarchy hurts men (including by encouraging violence, and through the prison system). But I don't think it has anything to do with the discussion of women's oppression in VC pitches. You seem to be saying "Well I deal with oppression sometimes, and I deal with it this way, so women should deal with it that way too in this situation" and I'm challenging that equation. I don't think those situations (male/male violence and VC pitch harassement) are equatable.

erikpukinskis 16y ago

Yes, of course race and gender play a role. I think it's great that you want to help people feel less bitter. I think your approach of saying these situations are unimportant and should be ignored may help some women feel less bitter, but I know for many women that viewpoint just makes them feel more alienated. Your race doesn't make your opinion invalid. I'm sorry if I implied that. What I was trying to say is that your race may or may not give you the right to derail a conversation about someone else's oppression. I'd love to have a separate conversation with you about masculinity and the ways the patriarchy hurts men (including by encouraging violence, and through the prison system). But I don't think it has anything to do with the discussion of women's oppression in VC pitches. You seem to be saying "Well I deal with oppression sometimes, and I deal with it this way, so women should deal with it that way too in this situation" and I'm challenging that equation. I don't think those situations (male/male violence and VC pitch harassement) are equatable.