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Saying "Women do on average have more of trait X" is sexism, not discrimination. Discrimination would be if you said something like "We shouldn't hire women sin
by username90 7y ago
Saying "Women do on average have more of trait X" is sexism, not discrimination. Discrimination would be if you said something like "We shouldn't hire women since they have trait X" or "Since women often have trait X they need to score higher in other areas for me to hire them" or "I always make sure that women don't have trait X before hiring them".
So for example "I want to hire people who don't have trait X. I give an objective test for this. More men than women pass it. Studies have shown that more men than women pass this globally, so it is as expected. Therefore, due to this test, the people I hire tend to be more men than women." is not discrimination.
- flatb 7y ago>Saying "Women do on average have more of trait X" is sexism, not discrimination. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexism https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexism >Definition of sexism >1. prejudice or discrimination based on sex Enough. Just believe what you want, I give up. There's no sexism on the tech industry or schools. James Damore is right and is an oppressed victim of his own bravery. Whatever.
- username90 7y agoI hope people on a tech forum understand what "or" means.
- flatb 7y agoI hope so too. Let's check out the definition of discrimination. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discrimination https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discrimination >1. prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment Hm. Let's check out the definition of sexism again. >1. prejudice or discrimination based on sex Prejudice or discrimination. And discrimination also means prejudiced or prejudicial...since I'm not a tech person like yourself I wouldn't know what 'or' means, it's too complicated for me, but I think I do know what 'and' means: for example, you are wrong about your definition of sexism, and about your definition of discrimination, and about your use of 'or'. This is great, I love learning new tech concepts on tech forums from tech experts.
- manfredo 7y agoDamore advocated for neither prejudice nor discrimination. He explicitly stated that people should not assume that differences in averages should be applied at an individual level. And not only did he not advocate for discrimination, he advocated for Google to eliminate it's discriminatory practices.