The Irish just went full retard - Legalizing gender discrimination

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

That's how we got into this situation to begin with.

Given that preference in government hiring has resulted in unexpected sexism, you argue that falling back to that originating behavior will be less sexist despite it producing this scenario than one that says:

If both candidates are equally capable, pick the one that is further from the majority, which currently happens to be most obviously imbalanced by sex.

You've basically argued that implicit sexism and an existing imbalance for public jobs is better than attempting to rectify that under very specific circumstances.

"Given that preference in government hiring has resulted in unexpected sexism"

That's not a given.

"You've basically argued that implicit sexism and an existing imbalance for public jobs is better than attempting to rectify that under very specific circumstances."

I see. You seem to be under the illusion that workplaces that don't exhibit gender parity are necessarily caused by sexism in hiring. This doesn't follow.

Firstly, sexism in government hiring is a given. Find me a government structure anywhere in the world where males don't make up a whopping great majority of senior positions. If sexism isn't at the core of the problem (and it most definitely is a problem), you're left in the untenable and even more sexist position that women are not as fit as men for these jobs.

Secondly, the article wasn't referencing workplaces in general, but described steps being taken to rectify gender inequality. There isn't anything about gender that makes a female less fit for a management position than a male. 80% of top-tier management positions in the Irish Civil Service are held by men. At the next level down, the split is 56%/44%, very close to parity. The notion that a glass ceiling is not in play here is simply absurd.

Boru