I disagree. With a large enough pool of applicants, you tend to get adequately talented people. If there were only 10 people who are capable to do what I am hir

I disagree. With a large enough pool of applicants, you tend to get adequately talented people. If there were only 10 people who are capable to do what I am hiring for, I'd be at a disadvantage if I discriminated against men/women. But if there are 10 million such people, I can discriminate all I want and I'll still get acceptable results.