"If bias is wrong, being biased in favour of a minority group is still wrong, in this view." Another way to look at this is that the exception proves the rule.

"If bias is wrong, being biased in favour of a minority group is still wrong, in this view." Another way to look at this is that the exception proves the rule. These sorts of deliberately perverse inversions of discrimination really offend. Perhaps they may also serve spur the male colleagues to clean their own house. Sometimes people can become aware of their own biases when they see their actions mirrored in front of them. As an aside, I will believe the people arguing for deontological ethics just as soon as they give up the lifetime of power, privilege and status afforded them due to their sex (or race).