>are there any bad reasons for wanting such? -to signal virtue for PR purposes -to expand hiring pools and thus drive down wages -to get more sexual partners -

>are there any bad reasons for wanting such? -to signal virtue for PR purposes -to expand hiring pools and thus drive down wages -to get more sexual partners -to create leverage points for internal politics (e.g. opportunities to accuse political opponents of sexism) Perhaps you were actually asking about bad outcomes, not reasons: -women are rationally perceived as less competent after they were given preference during hiring -women who would have been happier in another field are encouraged into tech where they are less happy than they would have been in medicine, or law, or marketing, or at home -women who aren't up to the task are admitted; the mismatch sets them up for failure where they could have succeeded and had better personal outcomes in another job Both my above lists are offhand samples.