3 ms·

By "the consensus" you mean the press stopped reporting on objections and now tell you there's consensus? There's obviously no consensus that it's positive. It

By "the consensus" you mean the press stopped reporting on objections and now tell you there's consensus? There's obviously no consensus that it's positive. It's clearly, very obviously and very badly negative. It's blatantly sexist discrimination against men who have done nothing wrong, which is deeply immoral. It also many other subtle negative effects. It degrades the language and confidence in the rule of law because these laws that make people unequal are invariably presented as "equality" laws. It also makes it impossible to respect women on boards! Everyone knows they might be there only to satisfy a legal quota, not because anyone actually respected their abilities. I've actually heard quite a few women opine that they start out suspicious of women in powerful positions these days, because they know directly how easy it is to get there on the back of feminism, but they need competent services in that moment and not a job. If you want to create anti-female sexism where none should exist, forcibly replacing men for sexist reasons is a great way to do it across the board.

Broken_Hippo 4y ago
This sounds like you don't actually live here. I'm not a native in Norway, and what you describe isn't what I see at all. Is there a small part of the population that is against it? Sure, and there probably always will be. There is also a small population of xenophobes and racists, but they definitely aren't the majority. I've actually heard quite a few women opine that they start out suspicious of women in powerful positions these days, because they know directly how easy it is to get there on the back of feminism, but they need competent services in that moment and not a job. Just to fill you in, people are suspicious of people in powerful positions. Right now, folks that agree with you blame feminism. Previously, they'd say it was obvious that she sexed her way to the top. I'd not take any of this seriously.
- smcin 4y ago
  Instead of discussing imputed attitudes or motives, since the Norway law is already 16 years old, why not look at actual studies of quantitative results on company performance? (by company size, sector, age etc.) I found 21.7K publications on Norway’s quota for women on corporate boards https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Norway%E2%80%99s+quota+for+women+on+corporate+boards+&btnG= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Norw... Which are the most authoritative? What were their findings? (on actual company performance metrics, not just on the effect on gender representation on boards or executive search committees, or pay gaps)?
- native_samples 4y ago
  For what it's worth, even though I don't agree with you, your post really should not have been flagged to death. I don't see what rules it's breaking so I vouched for you to bring it back.

Broken_Hippo 4y ago

This sounds like you don't actually live here. I'm not a native in Norway, and what you describe isn't what I see at all. Is there a small part of the population that is against it? Sure, and there probably always will be. There is also a small population of xenophobes and racists, but they definitely aren't the majority. I've actually heard quite a few women opine that they start out suspicious of women in powerful positions these days, because they know directly how easy it is to get there on the back of feminism, but they need competent services in that moment and not a job. Just to fill you in, people are suspicious of people in powerful positions. Right now, folks that agree with you blame feminism. Previously, they'd say it was obvious that she sexed her way to the top. I'd not take any of this seriously.

smcin 4y ago
Instead of discussing imputed attitudes or motives, since the Norway law is already 16 years old, why not look at actual studies of quantitative results on company performance? (by company size, sector, age etc.) I found 21.7K publications on Norway’s quota for women on corporate boards https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Norway%E2%80%99s+quota+for+women+on+corporate+boards+&btnG= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Norw... Which are the most authoritative? What were their findings? (on actual company performance metrics, not just on the effect on gender representation on boards or executive search committees, or pay gaps)?
native_samples 4y ago
For what it's worth, even though I don't agree with you, your post really should not have been flagged to death. I don't see what rules it's breaking so I vouched for you to bring it back.