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I'm curious, why is there a fear of pregnancy?
Because condoms break and people forget to take pills. Is this a genuine question?
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I'm curious, why is there a fear of pregnancy?
Because condoms break and people forget to take pills. Is this a genuine question?
Heck, wouldn't it be a great inspiration for a female founder's project getting major traction while pregnant?
I would think being an English major is the first problem, you need more women in CS/Engineering first.
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Because condoms break and people forget to take pills. Is this a genuine question?
Yes, as a wannabe male founder, worries about pregnancy are pretty low on my priorities list even though I would have to make cutbacks to support her. But I didn't think even pregnancy worries should prevent her from enjoying her life, or being a founder as she mentioned that the paranoia is stopping her. Heck, wouldn't it be a great inspiration for a female founder's project getting major traction while pregnant?
Of course I suppose startups aren't risky in the sense of life threatening.
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Are we discussing USA if not the western world? This was assumed from the author's article of why women are given as much chance as men to be a founder yet prefer not to (She's promoting a female founder meetup in NYC).
Women are facing pretty much the same issues in greater or lesser form the world over, you added in all the other items that have no bearing on the subject as proof that those things are 'no longer issues', but while they're no longer an issue for a large number of people the fact is that there is lots of social pressure against interracial marriages even today in the USA, there is tons of discrimination against gays…
Oh, and slavery still exists today in USA, even for child sex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_USA#Modern_instances
"Duh. Of course no one should live beyond their means. But I’d never thought about the implications of that when I was 25." I read a while ago that 40% of American households spend more than they make in post-tax income. I imagine this has gone down a bit, but it's still astounding. People are really good at convincing themselves that their "ship will come in" and they'll be able to wipe that debt clean.
Consider a Standford CS undergrad working part-time in an on-campus computer lab who will graduate in a few months. Given that he/she has decided to take a market-rate job somewhere upon graduation, what is the probability that his income will be substantially higher a few months from now? How concerned should he be that his ship will not come in? Would it be rational for him to spend some money he doesn't have on bar tabs, weekend trips, and other such frivolity before working 60+ hours/week for Google/Facebook/Whatever? Conversely, it would be much riskier if this undergrad, after taking a job at Facebook, took upon debt with the assumption of a pay-off upon an IPO.
How many male English majors are founding companies? I would think being an English major is the first problem, you need more women in CS/Engineering first.
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Yes, as a wannabe male founder, worries about pregnancy are pretty low on my priorities list even though I would have to make cutbacks to support her. But I didn't think even pregnancy worries should prevent her from enjoying her life, or being a founder as she mentioned that the paranoia is stopping her. Heck, wouldn't it be a great inspiration for a female founder's project getting major traction while pregnant?
No. A Startup is all-enveloping, and a pregnancy is all-enveloping, and there's only one person