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Is it just me or is this a little bit ridiculous. "Qualifications for being a member of the board?" "I'm a woman"
by yhersk0vitz 6y ago
Is it just me or is this a little bit ridiculous.
"Qualifications for being a member of the board?"
"I'm a woman"
- matthewmacleod 6y agoIt’s just you - you’ve created a silly little straw man with no relation to reality.
- raxxorrax 6y agoI don't see how this is a straw man. This is the attribute that people care for. Sex.
- johannboehme 6y agoWhat attribute do you think is relevant in reality to be a board member of a bigger company? Do you think it's skill related? No, its arbitrary and based on nepotism. So disrupting rigid structures inside existing balances of power via quotas is a good thing. Lets start with women and not end there.
- raxxorrax 6y agoTrue, I don't think any such position is skill related. It depends on connections and relations to a large degree. But in some cases it is not, every company has an interest to find adequate replacements and young successors. And some of those will inevitably be women. I don't think it is a good idea to discriminate for intrinsic characteristics. Some people won't get a job because they are male. Those people are discriminated by the state. Especially Germany should treat lightly here in my opinion, even when the justification sounds better at first (It isn't much better if you think a bit about it).
- sn_master 6y agoNot being skill related is why Theranos happened.
- anoncake 6y agoOld boardroom makeup: 100% male elites. New boardroom makeup: 49.5% male elites, 49.5% female elites, 1% non-binary elites. This change does not benefit the average person, including the average woman, at all.
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- mtmail 6y agoIt sounds made up.