Comment by conartist6

2 years ago

Your title is one of those things that reminds me why our industry is so short of women

Wait, really? Please explain this

Also, the actual title or the one HN moderated it to?

  • I understand it to be wordplay on "no means no", a well-known anti-rape slogan. In repurposing the lingo to be a statement about venture capitalism, there is a lack of respect for the need for such a slogan.

    I think men a tendency to trivialize that message because it scares us a bit. It's a message of rejection and shame so it's uncomfortable and we naturally to want to twist it around until it isn't threatening anymore.