This study shows that women own disproportionately little startup equity, and treats it as evidence of discrimination. https://medium.com/angels-news/silicon-valleys-equity-gap-women-own-just-9-29159f40a17 … But! That analysis is *exactly backwards*
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Except that that means the rewards for breaking ranks and treating women equally are even higher than anticipated. The Forbes 400 should be 200 Grl Power CEOs, 195 Badass Bitchin’ VCs and 5 very lucky widowers.
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TLDR the data are consistent with the idea that male/female variance in outcomes is due to factors other than discrimination. And the journos are consistently wrong.
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@HelloAngels for publicizing this data on why the gender gap is less likely to be due to discrimination, and thanks to@danprimack for signal-boosting it into my inbox. Without your data-driven efforts, I would be less convinced that sexism in tech is exaggerated.Show this thread
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