In a field where (at the rosiest count) 25% of the practitioners are female, and an economy where women get paid (again, optimistically) 75% of what men are, ho

In a field where (at the rosiest count) 25% of the practitioners are female, and an economy where women get paid (again, optimistically) 75% of what men are, how is it that repugnant to hire one CS prof who must be a woman? If these things matter (pay equity, gender parity) don't we have to do something about it? How many of us take direct action to, say, reduce carbon emissions? I think we ought to also be taking action to be a more inclusive group - and it's very easy when you're being welcomed in the door to recognize the ways in which other people are being turned away.