if your goal is 50% women then you have to lower standards to achieve that. You don't have to. But you'd remove them from the job market, making the pool small

if your goal is 50% women then you have to lower standards to achieve that. You don't have to. But you'd remove them from the job market, making the pool smaller for other companies. IOW, a few companies can target 50% women, but that'll make it that much harder for other companies.