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Re:The power of role models by SwellJoe on Saturday February 25, 2017 @08:51PM (#13735167)
> I'll make a general comment not specific to any group. When I hear a person produce a long list of excuses, blaming others or circumstance, never once taking responsibility for any decisions, adamantly denying that they had any hand in their fate, I know where the problem lies.

So, you believe that assertion applies to women in tech, since that is who we're talking about?

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Re:The power of role models by skookumchuck on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:01PM (#13735592)
I specifically said it does not apply to any group. It applies to individuals. Individuals in this country to a very large extent choose whether they will be winners or losers. Are there bad bosses, toxic work environments, sexist men? Of course there are.

Do women need permission, encouragement, and money from men in order to succeed? Nope. Suggesting otherwise is patronizing and taints the success of those who do succeed.

Women have started companies in the US for 200+ years. The idea that somehow they can't start tech companies, and run them as they see fit, is ludicrous.

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