Women Don't Want To Run Startups Because They'd Rather Have Children

Re:Women Don't Want To Run Startups Because They'd Rather Ha... by ashedryden on Saturday October 09, 2010 @12:35PM (#1775251)

I know tons of successful women who run businesses who are fine without having children; I also know quite a few who have children and are still able to run a business.

This whole argument goes back to the beginning of the feminist movement and people not being willing to hire women because they should be making some man sandwiches and popping out babies.

The trend is leaning towards more women having fewer children, if they are having them at all (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8...).

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Re:Women Don't Want To Run Startups Because They'd Rather Ha... by notauser on Saturday October 09, 2010 @12:49PM (#1775283)

Just like almost everyone on HN, you are a statistical anomaly.

(This is nothing to do with you being a woman - that just increases the factor by an order of magnitude or two.)

Even the people you know are probably outliers. So you have to be a bit careful relying on your experience and instead look at broader demographic trends.

Nearly all of the people I know well have no TV. Should I assume that TV is hugely unpopular with everyone?

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Re:Women Don't Want To Run Startups Because They'd Rather Ha... by pmichaud on Saturday October 09, 2010 @01:03PM (#1775319)

You'll get fewer downvotes if you respond to the article's specific claims that you have a problem with, using data from studies (and absolutely no anecdotes).

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