How about, we use instead any of the other 100 industries where men already hold the best-paid positions? We'll just swap 30 or 40 of them, so as not to cause as much pain to all those poor men.
Muslims are the highest offenders for terrorism - should we treat them different?
How about this - it is very radical and might be hard for someone like you to handle.....
How about we allow companies to hire people by merit.
I apologise if it is a horrible thing to hear for authoritarian, "diversity officer" supporting, communists.
And if 'straw man' offends, then I suggest learning to make other kinds of arguments. I call em as I see em.
At root, women are substantially absent from the most lucrative levels of the workforce. Something should be done about it, or we just have to admit we don't care that women are marginalized in our society. All the moaning about how no solution is pure enough in some ivory tower way, is beside the point.
Everything isn't so black-and-white. I agree that "women are substantially absent from the most lucrative levels of the workforce". I also agree that we, as a society, are responsible for inciting positive change in this regard.
Regardless, I simply cannot endorse the implementation of sexually discriminatory business practices as a "solution" to the problem.
The root of the problem isn't with hiring managers. The root is that in the fields in which women are most absent, men make up the vast majority of APPLICANTS. Unless we can level the playing field in education, as well as in family structure, we won't see any change in these industries.
If 15% of men enroll in STEM fields in college, while <1% of women do, then the disparity being reflected in the STEM workforce is inevitable.
Woman aren't as interested in STEM as men are, and we need to determine if:
1) This is the result of sexism.
2a) If so, where can we incite change to boost the likelihood that women will pursue a career in STEM.
2b) If not, why do we see the disparity that we do, and is it actually ethical to try to "fix" it.
I have no problem with the ends here, just the means. If you want to fight against sexual discrimination, you cannot participate in or encourage it. How's that for black-and-white?
Men and women deserve the same opportunities and treatment in all industries, but any situations where those opportunities skew one way or the other does not mean that the solution is more discrimination.
