Great post. I know my attitude comes from a severe case of having a hammer and seeing all problems as nails - but I really think you're wrong on the YC app as t

Great post. I know my attitude comes from a severe case of having a hammer and seeing all problems as nails - but I really think you're wrong on the YC app as the last step in a long process. I mean, I think it will be the last step, I just don't think it should be. Most big business were built by men, and people tend to encourage and hire traits that they see in themselves. So trying to make these male businesses be more women friendly is just going to be so much window dressing - you really can't force people to respect others. So the only real solution I have any faith in, is to sidestep these established businesses and startup new ones. I think it goes for any group who feel on the outer of the business world. Why tell people women can be just as good - people don't listen. They never listen. Only after female dominated startups rub their nose in it will there be meaningful change. The power woman stereotype, to me anyway, is a lot like the faithful black servant stereotype - it enables women to function in the white male dominated environment, but is ultimately constructed by others to be natural barrier to them gaining too much power.