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It’s insane how upset you get over people downvoting the shrugging off of idea that women should have better access to capital or have unfair standards. “OH iT
by AltonWells 6y ago
It’s insane how upset you get over people downvoting the shrugging off of idea that women should have better access to capital or have unfair standards.
“OH iT SHoUlD PeRfoRM BetTer”
There are people putting money directly into women owned and found businesses. MOSTLY women because they’ve experienced this bullshit and higher more unattainable standards. It’s a nascent movement a few years old with tiny drops of money comparative to the annual investment pool.
- rmak 6y agoEquality is sexism if you are used to privileged treatment. Women are used to get there way in schools. You'd get higher marks just for being a girl. Female teachers mark down boys. They get their own spaces while male only spaces are shut down. Then when it comes to higher education women get almost all scholarships even when they are 60% of college gradates. When it comes to job opportunities you have affirmative action, female only quotas and so on. Teachers 'give higher marks to girls' https://www.bbc.com/news/education-31751672 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-31751672 Research shows that teachers punish boys more harshly than girls for the same standard of misbehaviour. https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/same-behavior-problems-hinder-boys-more-than-girls/ https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/same-behavior-pro... The calculated grading system being used for this year's Leaving Certificate has been designed to ensure that overall girls will do better than boys https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/girls-to-do-better-than-boys-in-calculated-grade-leaving-cert-exams-as-gender-trends-will-be-built-into-results-39454619.html https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/girls-to-do-... 92 percent of sex-specific scholarships are reserved for women, study finds https://www.saveservices.org/2019/05/pr-widespread-sex-discrimination-found-in-college-scholarship-programs/ https://www.saveservices.org/2019/05/pr-widespread-sex-discr... Women receive full letter grade higher marks for similar essay compared to men. https://phys.org/news/2020-05-women-told-white-lies-men.html https://phys.org/news/2020-05-women-told-white-lies-men.html
- newsgourmet 6y agoFor those reasons, I think it is likely they have better odds with VC investors, too. It just depends on what data you pick to make a story.