I am not a woman, just someone who has been around enough gender studies conversations to comment. :) "Many of them told stories about being asked to order lunc

I am not a woman, just someone who has been around enough gender studies conversations to comment. :) "Many of them told stories about being asked to order lunch for the group and expressing shock because "that's not how a professional should be treated." This contrasts sharply with the average entrepreneur, where part of the appeal is escaping professionalism." There's a subtle point you missed here. Many of these women were asked to order lunch because the male thought it was the woman -- of lesser position -- who should take lunch orders. There's a difference between doing something because everyone is sharing mundane tasks in a startup and being singled out for those positions. Those women were absolutely right to assert their status there in a corporate environment -- and in a startup environment as well if a woman partner is subconsciously being relegated the mundane tasks for no other reason than that she's a woman.