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> Blind applications would probably hurt female representation. Isn't this good for gender equality?

• username90 6y ago
  Harvard's argument is that selecting candidates based on merit means we discriminate against those who had a harder time building merit and is therefore racist/sexist.
• michaelt 6y ago
  Some people believe girls don't study CS in large numbers because programming is "a boys' job" which is a self-perpetuating cycle; and a limited period of substantial positive discrimination could turn it into a gender-neutral job that appealed to men and women equally. Other fields, like medicine, law and chemistry have radically changed gender composition since the 1940s so it's not unprecedented for an industry to lose its gender bias. Personally I think it's far from certain such an effort would work - or that it wouldn't.