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I have noticed this behavior in dudes, where they go far outside of the norm in trying to take down womens' achievements.


I think a quick hn.algolia.com search of:

    Gwynne shotwell Elon musk
Will disabuse anyone of whether that should be women’s achievements or people’s achievements in general.


lol of course it’s the elon fanboys


JCO is a big meanie!


People are at least as often evaluating men's performances. i.e. "Was Stephen Hawking overhyped by other physicists to help him not die in poverty?", "How good was Riemann compared to Gauss?" etc. Not hard to find people who argue that Steve Jobs or Elon Musk are overrated buffoons

This is probably more of a managerial thing than anything else — after all, most men's performance undergoes constant evaluation. Certainly in the workplace, and often in personal relationships as well. If they fail, they don't get as much to eat and are typically deserted

And such evaluations are biased against praise, except for a deified few. For example, successful musicians frequently mention that record labels make them feel like underachievers, even when they top the charts


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