You are just optimising for different things. One side is optimising for gender equality and statistical diversity. You are trying to optimise for competency.

You are just optimising for different things. One side is optimising for gender equality and statistical diversity. You are trying to optimise for competency. But outside of a perfect mathematical universe competency is multi dimensional and difficult to measure. Bias does creep in. Treating it as a scientific process seems just as reductive as reducing a person to just their gender.