Honestly? I doubt it would've been the same or to that magnitude if she'd been male. But also, as /u/ChristianBale stated below, there was quite a bit of hate for her to begin with regarding her lawsuit and her husband's business - but if she'd been a male, there wouldn't have been a discrimination lawsuit due to her gender, and all that would be left would be her spouses business dealings, and barring her saying something horribly wrong in regards to that, would've been the spouses issue and not laid at Pao's feet (if she were male).
I agree. There is a group of people who hate women on Reddit, with an almost matching group of people who hate men. If she was a man and had attempted to explain what went wrong, I'm pretty sure I would have seen the term "mansplaining" thrown around a lot.
Very true! I was just throwing the term in because if the CEO was male, and tried to explain anything, I'm sure that would have gotten tossed around.
I have, however, seen far shittier parts of the internet where a lot of bile is summoned towards the male gender. Reddit has misandrists users side just as it has misogynists, and I have seen them posting.
EDIT: Reddit's community would be brutal towards any CEO who was in charge while things were growing screwy. Their gender just decides what slurs the assholes fall back on.
Honestly? I doubt it would've been the same or to that magnitude if she'd been male. But also, as /u/ChristianBale stated below, there was quite a bit of hate for her to begin with regarding her lawsuit and her husband's business - but if she'd been a male, there wouldn't have been a discrimination lawsuit due to her gender, and all that would be left would be her spouses business dealings, and barring her saying something horribly wrong in regards to that, would've been the spouses issue and not laid at Pao's feet (if she were male).
I agree. There is a group of people who hate women on Reddit, with an almost matching group of people who hate men. If she was a man and had attempted to explain what went wrong, I'm pretty sure I would have seen the term "mansplaining" thrown around a lot.
But "mansplaining" is a million times less hurtful than almost everything else that was thrown at Pao.
Very true! I was just throwing the term in because if the CEO was male, and tried to explain anything, I'm sure that would have gotten tossed around.
I have, however, seen far shittier parts of the internet where a lot of bile is summoned towards the male gender. Reddit has misandrists users side just as it has misogynists, and I have seen them posting.
EDIT: Reddit's community would be brutal towards any CEO who was in charge while things were growing screwy. Their gender just decides what slurs the assholes fall back on.