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It isn't but VCs have been known to avoid female founders for fear of them not working as hard as men since 'they'll have a baby sometime' or some nonsense like
by gdilla 13y ago
It isn't but VCs have been known to avoid female founders for fear of them not working as hard as men since 'they'll have a baby sometime' or some nonsense like that [1]. Also women face gender discrimination in the bay area. [2]
source: [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/pregnant-founders-response-to-a-vcs-confession-ive-never-heard-someone-say-an-expectant-father--ceo-will-fail-his-company-2011-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/pregnant-founders-response-to...
[2] http://valleywag.gawker.com/this-is-why-there-arent-enough-women-in-tech-1221929631 http://valleywag.gawker.com/this-is-why-there-arent-enough-w...
- ballard 13y agoIt's ever since the pg incident and reinforced by the github gate, the valley is in a "see we welcome women, women are great and we've always loved them" mode. Folks are already calling it "gender washing."