> We've been told the world will be generally a better place if we only manage to get more women into management positions.

Which is probably true. Not magically because they’re women, but because they’re different from the status quo. Having people of different genders, races, backgrounds, life experiences in positions of power increases the pool of knowledge and understanding of the world and allows solutions to problems which the other groups are blind to. Diversity is the goal, not just specifically women.

> They are supposedly the better humans, and would never engage in manipulative tactics...

That is an argument no one is making. You’re attacking a straw man. Of course women can be bad leaders too. Anyone can.

> So whatever she is doing, it must be good and in good faith.

As opposed to your argument, I’d say. Using one single specific example from one single specific person on one single specific case to “counter” a general thought that doesn’t even correspond to what you claimed is disingenuous.

The idea that more diverse leadership leads to better outcomes doesn't mean women are incapable of wrongdoing. Nobody said women are perfect angels who can do no wrong. That's a strawman and you know it.

Be better, come on.

> Be better, come on.

I am male. I can't "be better", I am already "the problem". Which is a reason why I am so fed up be the fight of the sexes. Its overboarding accusations on all sides. And I am not willing to "turn the other cheek" anymore.

> Nobody said women are perfect angels who can do no wrong

Ahem, the "believe all women" crowd did and do.

> I am male. I can't "be better", I am already "the problem".

Whether you are the problem or not is unrelated to your maleness. Being willing to be and do better is the first step on the journey that enables you to realise that truth.

Less of this culture-war nonsense here, please. Especially in a thread about something completely unrelated. (No, the fact that the exec in question is female doesn't make it related. If they'd been male then someone could equally-relevantly make the argument "see, this shows that we need more women in leadership".)