Well I am sure that this will be unpopular on HN, with the usual argument thrown whenever this kinds of laws pop-ups. I do understand the worries about recruit

Well I am sure that this will be unpopular on HN, with the usual argument thrown whenever this kinds of laws pop-ups. I do understand the worries about recruiting under qualified personnel due to diversity laws but overall, I support this kinds of laws. There is an objective over representation of man in management and higher management position. We know that people tend to recruit people they "fit" with. Recrutement is incredibly biased. This tend to lead to men recruiting more men and women recruiting more women. In a man dominated field, like higher management, it means that it is very hard for a woman to enter the field, this lead to less woman having experiences in this field which create a vicious circle. This kinds of laws might indeed lead to some less optimal recrutement in the short term, but I would argue that it is better in the long term because it allows to enlarge the worker pool and allow for more diverse profile to get the experience to be a better worker. Also, maybe it is more cynical of me, but I have seen higher up recrutement in many companies. The actual worker skill is just one of the factor at play, and sometimes it is far from being the biggest factor. We are already doing sub-optimal recrutement right now, we just choose the criteria ...