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This is a really great piece. While it's unfortunate this phenomenon occurs, in a way it's also an opportunity for the many talented female VCs in the industry.
by sendtown_expwy 6y ago
This is a really great piece. While it's unfortunate this phenomenon occurs, in a way it's also an opportunity for the many talented female VCs in the industry. I hope they capitalize on it!
- sokoloff 6y agoI’ve seen professional women get negative feedback when they favored a qualified man over a slightly less qualified woman. I can imagine a female VC would be under the same pressure to remain silent lest they be lit up on Twitter for being female and yet still sexist.
- blippage 6y ago"Internalised misogyny", perhaps? I mean, why not, right? If gays can allegedly have "internalised homophobia", then why can't women have "internalised misogyny". And so it goes. When we jettison reason, everyone gets to say what they want, and no-one gets to say that one conclusion is more soundly-based that another.
- kjjjjjjjjjjjjjj 6y agoNo, this is not a thing.
- at_a_remove 6y agoI get 33,900 hits on Google for the phrase "internalized misogyny," so the poster did not coin a phrase. Sounds like it is, in fact, a thing.