> If you list boxes you don't have to tick, you are automatically discriminating against women. Men are more likely to apply missing skills than women. If you

> If you list boxes you don't have to tick, you are automatically discriminating against women. Men are more likely to apply missing skills than women. If you argument was true, isn't OP doing the right thing by explicitly stating that the boxes aren't mandatory? The alternative - not pointing it out explicitly, or only listing mandatory requirements - would filter out more women since they're more discouraged by the requirements than men are. I don't think any of this is discrimination either way but your argument isn't even self-consistent - it sounds like you should be supporting the way OP has written the ad.