2 ms·
Offsetting masks the problem and makes it harder to focus on or identify the institutionalized sexism. Think about it: if you successfully offset the problem,
by chrischen 9y ago
Offsetting masks the problem and makes it harder to focus on or identify the institutionalized sexism.
Think about it: if you successfully offset the problem, it’d just entrench the root causes making everything seem erroneously fine, or normalizing instituionalized sexist behavior.
- etchalon 9y agoThat does doesn't make any sense. If the problem exists due to an imbalance, an offset can improve it.
- yogipatel 9y agoI think what he's saying is that an artificial balance hides the actual biases. Kind of like how cooking the books doesn't mean you didn't cheat on your taxes, you just made the numbers work.