The Irish just went full retard - Legalizing gender discrimination

[TheRealJoeFish]

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

"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."

The second sentence - that is; your premise - does not necessitate the first - that is; your conclusion.

What you're arguing, CoMD, is that we should 1) look at a negative outcome, 2) try to figure out whether that negative outcome was caused by a negative event or a neutral event, and 3) only rectify the negative outcome of the cause was also negative.

That's like saying we should rebuild houses burned down by arson but not houses hit by lightning.