Marissa Mayer Can’t Keep Pretending 'Gender Doesn't Matter'

The article criticizes Marissa Mayer for telling the New York Times she asked her new AI app Dazzle to name what she loves about her 10-year-old daughter, and for repeating her long-held view that gender is irrelevant in tech and that passion is a "gender neutralizing force." It contrasts that stance with documented disparities — half of women in tech leaving by 35, earning 84 cents on the dollar, and women founders receiving half the funding of men — and with the cancellation of the 2025 Grace Hopper Celebration and the 2024 shutdown of Women Who Code. It also cites Trump administration DEI rollbacks and DOGE cuts to research affecting women.