Comment by acangiano

> Is it strange that people defend Mayer so much? I find it a little strange.

One possible reason is that she is a woman. This, seemingly irrelevant fact, has a couple of potential implications.

First, criticism towards one of the few female tech CEOs could be viewed as misogynistic. Most people would shy away from such controversy.

Second, as a woman in tech she is the underdog, and people love to root for the underdog.

Just a theory, I could be way off of course.