Female Entrepreneurs Create Fake Male Co-Founder To Avoid Sexism

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>Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer faced the typical onslaught of sexist doubt and criticism when the Los Angeles-based duo set out to launch their own digital marketplace for quirky art. They were often viewed as hobbyists instead of entrepreneurs, even though their business model improved on some of the standards already established by tech industry giantslike Etsy.
>Etsy bans witch’s spells and other controversial products, so Gazin and Dwyer were able to tap into an underserved market for edgy art with their new platform Witchsy.
>"Penelope had been selling her art and pins on Etsy for six years and had regular problems with their censorship," Dwyer told Vice. Gazin added that her shop was routinely shut down. "We thought it would be cool to have a site without censorship, where all the artists are handpicked by us so you don't have to trudge through a ton of crap," Gazin told Vice.
>The only problem? They usually gotdisrespectful dismissals from male developers and designers.