I said that the inference to reproduction strategies was hypothetical, not the numbers.
As you say, there simply isn't any good evidence available for any position in this domain. For this reason, I don't see the point in making these highly speculative connections between reproduction strategies and startup gender balance. It only serves to cloud the issue by offering a pseuoscientific defense of the status quo (and by going off on a hell of a tangent).
The whole thing is a complete distraction from considering the issue in a practical way. If we actually got significant numbers of women in these positions, we could find out whether or not they were inherently unsuited to them.
As you say, there simply isn't any good evidence available for any position in this domain. For this reason, I don't see the point in making these highly speculative connections between reproduction strategies and startup gender balance. It only serves to cloud the issue by offering a pseuoscientific defense of the status quo (and by going off on a hell of a tangent).
The whole thing is a complete distraction from considering the issue in a practical way. If we actually got significant numbers of women in these positions, we could find out whether or not they were inherently unsuited to them.