You cannot achieve equality by discriminating against people. It may be cliché to say "two wrongs don't make a right," but it became a cliché for a reason. Tha

You cannot achieve equality by discriminating against people. It may be cliché to say "two wrongs don't make a right," but it became a cliché for a reason. That said, it isn't entirely clear to me that the facts are as stated. There appear to be some studies that support the idea that sex is being used as a preference, but I don't see any support for the linked tweet's apparent position that the preference is so strong as to result in clearly disparate outcomes half the time. Domingos' cited support: - "preference for women among identically-qualified applicants found in experimental studies and in audits does not extend to women whose credentials are even slightly weaker than male counterparts" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4611984/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4611984/ - "men and women faculty members from all four fields preferred female applicants 2:1 over identically qualified males" but no analysis regarding more-qualified males. https://www.pnas.org/content/112/17/5360 https://www.pnas.org/content/112/17/5360 - With identical CVs, women chosen 2:1 over men. (Silent as to outcomes when men have the more qualified CVs.) https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/women-twice-as-likely-to-be-hired-for-academic-posts-as-men-/8457.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/women-twice-as-likely-to... - (No relevant summary available) https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12062/gender-differences-at-critical-transitions-in-the-careers-of-science-engineering-and-mathematics-faculty https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12062/gender-differences-at-crit... - "We find the evidence for recent sex discrimination–when it exists–is[,] occasionally, bias in favor of women." https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/108/8/3157.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/108/8/3157.full.pdf