Is this a fact?

Why aren't there any women in football? Ok sure we would all agree that women are capable of playing football, with other women. Does the same fact apply to startups?

It's easy to ride the coat tails of political correctness. I'm sure you could find a couple of women that are more than capablle of playing professional football with the men. But this doesn't dismiss the fact that by and large most women are incapable of playing football, as are most men.

This also doesn't address the fact that most men are incapable of playing football. For example:

Most men are incapable of playing football, but the average male will be considerably better than the average female.

The best females, likewise, will be better than the average men or the bottom 95% of men.

The best men(top 5%) will be better than the best women.

In this situation even though there are women that are exceptional at football they would be a rarity in professional football.

Applying this to startups would sound treasonous to some people, but it may be reality. And if it is reality we are forced to accept it as fact rather than discrimination.