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I think diversity is not exactly an end in and on itself, but a way to reduce general inequality. Increasing the number of woman in fishing, or logging, or coal
by gjulianm 9y ago
I think diversity is not exactly an end in and on itself, but a way to reduce general inequality. Increasing the number of woman in fishing, or logging, or coal mining is not going to have as much effect on the general economic/social power of women as doing the same on bigger, richer industries such as programming. As resources are limited, you want to be as efficient as possible and that will probably shift the focus away from industries that are not that influential. Of course the fact that they're not as attractive is also relevant, but it seems that being non-attractive and being less important are correlated features in an industry sector.
- canoebuilder 9y agoI think diversity is not exactly an end in and on itself, but a way to reduce general inequality. So it's basically a shakedown. general economic/social power of women History and stats don't back up the image of women as some horribly oppressed group at least in western society. And I am tired seeing this pitted as some kind of battle. The vast majority of people don't feel this way. Men and women are meant to, and do work together for their own mutual benefit and the benefit of succeeding generations. And they work together in complementary ways, it is silly and destructive to think of the sexes as interchangeable.