This comment makes a good argument, yet it is downvoted without any explanations–as is the similar argument by delazeur. Here's the famous "blind orchestra aud

This comment makes a good argument, yet it is downvoted without any explanations–as is the similar argument by delazeur. Here's the famous "blind orchestra audition" study: http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/01/0212/7b.shtml http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/01/0212/7b.shtml. It showed that women are 50% (!) more likely to be hired when auditioning behind a curtain. Surely this couldn't happen in reality, because some other orchestra would use the chance to hire all these highly qualified women, right?