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There's no irony here. If your plan to make society better is to infantilise group X because you view them as too weak to handle corrective feedback (or compete
by Sophistifunk 6y ago
There's no irony here. If your plan to make society better is to infantilise group X because you view them as too weak to handle corrective feedback (or compete against group Y) they (as a group) will soon start to lose the benefits of success-selection that come with competition and correcting your course when you get feedback.
- MikeUt 6y ago> you view them as too weak to handle corrective feedback The article says they don't get corrective feedback not because they're seen as too weak, but because it's too risky to give criticism, since it can be misinterpreted (or misrepresented) as sexism.
- looper_dude 6y agoSadly, people in general can't take feedback.
- smeej 6y agoIs this actually different? Isn't receiving what was intended as corrective feedback as though it were sexism a sign of weakness? If you believed the person you were giving corrective feedback was strong enough to take it in stride and learn from it, there would be no need to worry.
- hn_go_brrrrr 6y agoMisconstruing someone's motives isn't a sign of weakness.
- pedroma 6y agoThey address this in the blogpost. They claim male investors give more candid feedback to female founders they are familiar with, because they are not worried about the female founder calling them sexist on Twitter.