Positive Discrimination to increase female diversity at work place is also discrimination

Hmm. I think you have to take apart what “most qualified” means. I am a woman and a younger version of me would’ve agreed with this statement. Whoever had the best education, experience, and right personality should get the job. However, now that I’ve worked in the corporate world for over 15 years I see how different races, ethnicities, genders, etc., are part of the “qualifications.” Started as filling a quota, sure. However now it’s part of the game. Companies want to be known as diverse. That makes people feel good about investing and promoting them. So the company is worth more.

Let’s say you are a woman and happen to be 10% less productive than the man who applied but was passed over. Well, your value to the companies presence in the market has increased because they hired you, so it makes up for that 10% difference.

I’m not saying that’s how it should be. I’m the mom of two white boys and I feel strongly for men’s rights and don’t want to see them work hard and lose out on a promotion because the company needed more women in management positions to please the shareholders.

Anecdotally. I went to school for a massively female dominated profession. The 3 guys in my class out of 200 women were treated like royalty. The instructors loved them and places were absolutely lining up to hire them. I think it was great. We need more men in this profession. (Nurses). They bring a sense of humor, a different perspective, not to mention muscles for those patients who get rowdy in the ED! Nurses who are male are still quite discriminated against by many patients and the general public. They get called “Male Nurse” which is shitty!

Just some hobbled together thoughts.

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