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Everybody likes gender quotas, until they're being used to prevent members of your gender from joining. Suddenly it's no longer a good idea: https://www.thegua

• MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
  The irony of this is that the reverse scenario has been the norm for a long time. I think the difference is that women were selected through something similar to affirmative action. I'm curious to know if these people are concsious of the fact that they were a "token" hire in scenarios like this or truly do believe they're qualified? In the same vain, if they do know, how it affects their decision making?
  • subjectsigma 6y ago
    To clarify: I don't know much about the situation but I don't see any indication that the Paris councilwomen were selected purely because they are women. They may very well be qualified. But there is a clear hypocrisy in what they were saying. Do gender quotas help equality or not? If so, then the fine is fair. If not, then the people involved are admitting they were first supporting it only to push their agenda. Do you believe a council full of men is biased towards men's needs? If so, then a council full of women shouldn't be much different. I'm not even saying that gender quotas are good or bad, I'm saying by their own logic this doesn't make any sense.
    • type0 6y ago
      > Do you believe a council full of men is biased towards men's needs? If so, then a council full of women shouldn't be much different. Ah, but it is different, it's called feminism these days