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Re:Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013) by refurb on Monday February 20, 2017 @03:50PM (#13690773)
if you're a minority or a woman, there's way more pushback on all those things

My counter to that is Theranos.

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Re:Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013) by marricks on Monday February 20, 2017 @03:59PM (#13690846)
Trustfund wasn't citing a study or anything, but still I don't think an appropriate counter to a perceived trend is one cherry picked point of data.
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Re:Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013) by benchaney on Monday February 20, 2017 @05:46PM (#13691732)
That is fair, but the burden of proof is on trustfund, so it doesn't really matter how rigorous GP is.
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Re:Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013) by nikdaheratik on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @06:14PM (#13701114)
Except that alot of her image was modeled on Steve Jobs, who was a confident male figure, though not the same image as a more traditional CEO.
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Re:Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? (2013) by trhway on Monday February 20, 2017 @03:53PM (#13690798)
you should meet Holmes the Father, Kissinger, Mattis, Schultz, Draper - and see who among them is a minority or a woman :)
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