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Re:Theranos, CEO Holmes, and Former President Balwani Charge... by shaki-dora on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @05:16PM (#16588371)
Be a man: “what a scammer”

Be a woman: “this woman used her gender to scam”

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Re:Theranos, CEO Holmes, and Former President Balwani Charge... by exolymph on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @10:59PM (#16590151)
I mean, in this case, she literally did use her gender as part of the cynical narrative.
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Re:Theranos, CEO Holmes, and Former President Balwani Charge... by throwaway1748 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @06:45AM (#16591684)
No, be Elizabeth Holmes and Tim Draper and use gender as a means to dismiss valid investigative reporting from the Wall Street Journal.

And yeah, bad actors will sometimes use accusations of sexism / racism / etc-isms to silence those speaking the truth about them.

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Re:Theranos, CEO Holmes, and Former President Balwani Charge... by kmc059000 on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @05:37PM (#16588529)
Relevant XKCD https://xkcd.com/385/
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