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I grew up with the values that discrimination is wrong no matter the gender. Normally it's guys that get discriminated against in this highly institutionalised

I grew up with the values that discrimination is wrong no matter the gender. Normally it's guys that get discriminated against in this highly institutionalised manner. At least in the West. Japan and the third world are a different story. You are not doing the fight against institutional discrimination any favours by calling this affirmative action. Japan is probably the most old fashioned major economy. They look at gender in a different way than the West. I don't think even the feminists who invented it would agree with any 'affirmative action' explanation for this and they invented that word. Here's another example of academic discrimination against women in Japan. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/two-more-japanese-medical-schools-admit-discriminating-against-women https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/two-more-japan...

Guthur 5y ago
But the point is that recall based examination may be discriminatory against males, it's an institutional requirement as a form on entrance requirements and therefore would require affirmative action. I don't necessarily agree with this but I do believe you could argue that it fits the definition of affirmative reaction. Unless it's got a requirement to never be applied to males.
- timwaagh 5y ago
  Affirmative action is a Western attempt to help previously discriminated against groups through re-introduction of institutional discrimination. I don't like to use the term because i don't want to promote institutional discrimination and believe in individual rights. But if forced to use it, I don't think males are a discriminated group in Japan or places like India if it even applies to such places. This is the more old fashioned kind of institutional discrimination. Can affirmative action ever apply to males? Yes theoretically. But it's not this.

Guthur 5y ago

But the point is that recall based examination may be discriminatory against males, it's an institutional requirement as a form on entrance requirements and therefore would require affirmative action. I don't necessarily agree with this but I do believe you could argue that it fits the definition of affirmative reaction. Unless it's got a requirement to never be applied to males.

timwaagh 5y ago
Affirmative action is a Western attempt to help previously discriminated against groups through re-introduction of institutional discrimination. I don't like to use the term because i don't want to promote institutional discrimination and believe in individual rights. But if forced to use it, I don't think males are a discriminated group in Japan or places like India if it even applies to such places. This is the more old fashioned kind of institutional discrimination. Can affirmative action ever apply to males? Yes theoretically. But it's not this.