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> I'm happy to see one of the replies calls it sex discrimination. I'm not seeing this reply. In what sense is it discriminatory?
by MaxBarraclough 5y ago
> I'm happy to see one of the replies calls it sex discrimination.
I'm not seeing this reply. In what sense is it discriminatory?
- lisper 5y agoBecause “advanced degree” is statistically a proxy for “white male”.
- test_epsilon 5y agoThat doesn't make it discriminatory.
- motogpjimbo 5y agoSo is "STEM degree". Perhaps we should stop recruiting anyone with a STEM background?
- b9a2cab5 5y agoIf you look at any graduate program in CS/Stats/Math today, you would think "PhD in CS" is a proxy for "Asian". Equality of opportunity doesn't result in equality of outcomes. Many of those Asian students have to climb countless immigration barriers and out-compete literally a billion people to come to the US. They arguably have _less_ opportunity than a white woman who's a US citizen. The idea that overstating requirements is somehow discriminatory is laughable. There is _nothing_ stopping women or whatever group is the oppressed group of the day from applying for a _job listing_. It's literally just submitting a resume, there's not even a big time investment associated with it. If there was discrimination in the resume screening that would be a different story, but you can't claim prima facie that having inflated job requirements is sexist.
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- XelNika 5y agoI believe this is the reply in question: https://twitter.com/colinmbrandt/status/1409577979731058699 https://twitter.com/colinmbrandt/status/1409577979731058699 See for example: https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless-theyre-100-qualified https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless...