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This comment makes a good point. It's shocking that so many people fighting the good fight for the equality of women in the workforce also attribute special qu
by brandonmenc 12y ago
This comment makes a good point.
It's shocking that so many people fighting the good fight for the equality of women in the workforce also attribute special qualities to women that men just don't have - the common ones being that they're more organized, and can more easily think outside the box.
This is sexist, counterproductive, and false.
Women should be represented in a profession because they're fungible with men and make up half of the general population.
Period.
Once you start saying a team needs women, because they have some special insight or ability, you have to logically accept that a team that is 100% women is not as good as that same team plus a man - which is simply not true.
- loteck 12y agoThe comment does not make a good point. It conflates the idea of equality with the concept of diversity. Equality is neither inherently caused or obstructed by diversity.
- jlynn 12y agoI think it is important to point out that equality has a huge impact on diversity.
- malandrew 12y agoMost certainly, however you can't say whether that that impact produces a more equal or more unequal ratio. Citing a racial example, the greater equality (read: more meritocratic) of admissions practiced by CalTech results in a disproportionately Asian composition (~40% Asian whereas Asians are just 4.4% of the population and only like 2% of the students are African American, which African Americans are make up like 17% of the US population.