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"Man" , in traditional usage, refers to any human being. "One man's x" is also a common phrase used to mean any single person struggling or striving towards a p
by Thorentis 5y ago
"Man" , in traditional usage, refers to any human being. "One man's x" is also a common phrase used to mean any single person struggling or striving towards a particular goal.
This is completely different to what is happening in this post, where the gender is being called out as an attribute of particular interest.
- klyrs 5y ago.
- akarma 5y agoI'm not looking to argue for or against either side here, but: "How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, female founder" =/= simply referring to a woman as a woman. "How I raised a $5.1M seed as a first-time, male founder" would certainly prompt questions about why male is relevant, particularly more so than attributes like low-income, immigrant, dropout, etc.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into flamewar. Nothing new will come of this, nor anything interesting—just more nastiness. We're trying for curious conversation here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=generic%20ideolog%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- dang 5y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into flamewar. Nothing new will come of this, nor anything interesting—just more nastiness. We're trying for curious conversation here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=generic%20ideolog%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...