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The ends don't justify the means: having a sexist practice to combat sexism is using the wrong means.
by sirseal 12y ago
The ends don't justify the means: having a sexist practice to combat sexism is using the wrong means.
- eli 12y agoI understand where you're coming from, but I just don't think PyLadies and Women Who Code are sexist. It's certainly not the same as the institutional sexism in the tech industry.
- sirseal 12y agoI should have been more precise. I agree with you that PyLadies and Women Who Code should not be labeled as sexist organizations. There's a distinct difference between targeting a group of people based upon their sex and baring a group of people from an activity on the basis of sex. The two organizations you mention target software engineers who are women and chip away at the institutionalized sexism in the industry. On the other hand, having a qutota is a discriminatory policy. By definition, a quota is saying, "we're not accepting you because you are X." In this case, X is "a man." It's a subtle difference, but at the end of the day, sexism is discrimination on the basis of sex. Thus any practice that discriminates on the basis of sex is sexist.
- rmc 12y agoQuotas like this aren't sexist https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7660512 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7660512