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No, because people of different genders/ethnicities bring different perspectives to the table. Because if a field is dominated by say, white males, the few wom
by cenazoic 17y ago
No, because people of different genders/ethnicities bring different perspectives to the table. Because if a field is dominated by say, white males, the few women or non-white males are going to feel (frequently with good reason) like they're not taken as seriously by, or seen as being as competent as, the other white males. This is regardless of quantifiers such as actual competence, knowledge, or experience.
While I agree with you that ideally the most motivated, competent, intelligent people should be in X field and those are the only criteria one should care about, the reality is all too often quite different.
- TrollTime 17y agoThe only thing more women is going to cause is rape. I think it's best that they stay where they are safe. Sex deprived engineers should imho have a more gentle introduction to women than suddenly having them shoved in like that.
- apsec112 17y ago"No, because people of different genders/ethnicities bring different perspectives to the table." What does that even mean? What you want is diversity of opinion (so that, if one person has a bad idea, everyone else will call them on it instead of nodding like sheep), and diversity of talent (so that everyone doesn't share the same weaknesses). I suppose those correlate with gender and ethnicity to some extent, but why not try to hire people with lots of different resumes (coders at big companies, startup founders, independent consultants, people who've lived abroad in different countries, etc.)? That would be way more efficient. "Because if a field is dominated by say, white males, the few women or non-white males are going to feel (frequently with good reason) like they're not taken as seriously by, or seen as being as competent as, the other white males." Proof? Some fields are obviously like this, but why all of them, or even most of them? If a field is dominated by people who are born in the winter (as many professional sports are), is someone born in June going to be assumed to be less competent?
- baddox 17y agoIf you're competent, you will be seen as competent.
- anamax 17y ago> No, because people of different genders/ethnicities bring different perspectives to the table. Do they? Note that if they actually do, the logical implication is actually less diversity within a given task area because different task areas benefit from different perspectives....