[jasonwocky]

> In theory the companies that discriminate should suffer from a lack of talent or have to pay more for their workers, because they're recruiting from a smaller pool.

Part of the problem is that if there is a systematic bias in place, then they won't suffer relative to their competitors, who are mostly also biased in the same way.

> The sad part is that many of the women who step forward behave like self-entitled spoiled brats, so it becomes hard to tell if they where reject due to gender or personality.

If more money was actually being put into female-founded companies, I'd be more inclined to believe that it is the latter. But it's not like the startup world is filled with success stories of quiet female founders while the loud ones all end up as bitter bloggers.