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Yes, but two things: 1) as I mentioned, the fact that they might ask the woman and not the man is simply due to the fact that more mums stay at home than dads,
by benhoyt 17y ago
Yes, but two things: 1) as I mentioned, the fact that they might ask the woman and not the man is simply due to the fact that more mums stay at home than dads, and 2) why is it devaluing her to ask that?
Anyone who's got kids knows that raising them is much more difficult (and rewarding) than most other day jobs.
- jimbokun 17y agoThat's pretty much sexism (or racism or ...ism) in a nutshell. Evaluating people by the statistical generalizations of a group they belong to, rather than evaluating them as individuals.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoNo, sexism would be treating it as a rule ("women miss work to care for their children") rather than a prior ("women have a higher probability of missing work to care for children"). If they are asking the question, they are attempting to evaluate the person based on their individual characteristics (i.e. their answer).
- tptacek 17y agoSome research says black people are Nx more likely to commit property crimes than white people. By your logic, it's not racist to ask about someone's race in an interview, because you might just be reasoning the likelihood of them stealing office supplies.