Yep. Same with Yahoo! and Marissa Mayer. Women get blamed more frequently than men when a company is failing [0]. They are also more likely to become CEOs when a company is already in trouble [1].
Marissa Mayer was a terrible CEO. Period. She was responsible for a string of 48 (!) (mostly) terrible acquisitions[1], banning remote working[2] and wasting
company money on things like motivational books[3] or lavish parties[4].
She is getting more flak than the other terrible CEOs, but IMO it isn't caused by the fact that she's a woman. At least not directly.
Back when she was appointed as a CEO, media were treating her like a second coming of Jesus (which probably indeed was caused by her gender, she was a perfect role model for feminists). That set expectations bar really high, and when she failed to deliver, people turned against her.
She is getting more flak than the other terrible CEOs, but IMO it isn't caused by the fact that she's a woman. At least not directly.
Back when she was appointed as a CEO, media were treating her like a second coming of Jesus (which probably indeed was caused by her gender, she was a perfect role model for feminists). That set expectations bar really high, and when she failed to deliver, people turned against her.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...!
[2] - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/feb/25/yahoo-chi...
[3] - https://www.recode.net/2016/2/2/11587472/marissa-mayers-big-...
[4] - http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-ceo-marissa-mayer-blows...