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> "we helped Callisto send a survey to 125 of the 384 female founders who have participated in YC"

Anyone aware of similar efforts to survey the male founders?

This is SOOOO important.

I once worked for a startup where the female CEO did a few things that got close to the line. Not illegal or immoral, but enough to make me wonder if a similar female leader in a similar situation would cross the line towards her male employees.

Just xtrapolate from these numbers.

> "Just xtrapolate from these numbers."

They could've simply involved the male population as-well, but for reasons unknown, chose not to.

The reasons are not unknown. The vast majority of VCs are male, and the majority of known harassment incidents have involved male-on-female interactions. This is not to say that male-on-male and female-on-male harassment doesn't exist. But if this is one of the first surveys of its kind for YC, makes sense to design it around the population that currently seems to be the most affected.

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