There's a lot of implicit assumptions around this stuff that actually matter a lot, and the demographics of the actual candidate pool [0] as opposed to the gene

There's a lot of implicit assumptions around this stuff that actually matter a lot, and the demographics of the actual candidate pool [0] as opposed to the general population is a huge one. I would venture that most people pushing diversity agenda want representation to match the general population, but that may not be supported the candidate pool. As you point out, it's well studied that women don't graduate with STEM degrees at a rate that matches the general population. That means that for every company that matches general population for women in STEM fields, there's other companies that literally cannot unless they hire unqualified women from outside the candidate pool. [0] I'm defining this as the group of all possible people who are qualified to be hired into a role.