Let's say you are a small startup owner, and you have enough cash on hand to hire 6 male devs. You then realize you could hire 7 equally competent female devs

Let's say you are a small startup owner, and you have enough cash on hand to hire 6 male devs. You then realize you could hire 7 equally competent female devs at the exact same price In reality, the likely outcome is that the 7 women would end up working at Google, who can and will gladly way out-compete you on salaries, and you end up hiring 7 quirky men, then firing a few of them.