Have women achieved equal status to men yet?

[Eilonnwy]

I agree. People should get jobs based their ability to perform those jobs regardless of their gender, race, etc... and that means sometimes there may be more men in a position that women are just physically incapable of performing. And that's fine, as long as equal opportunity is given to women who can.

There's a delicate balance between being equal but fair. The case I was talking about was where there was a test taken for firefighters to get a promotion to captain or something along those lines, and the majority of people who passed where white men. The minorities did poorly. The city decided to throw out the results preventing people who studied hard to get the promotion they deserved on the basis that there was something wrong with the test since not enough minorities passed. The case went all the way to the supreme court and it was decided to keep the results of the test, a decision which I agreed with since there was no evidence that the test discriminated in any way.

It's tough too, because you also have to take into account opportunities. Many minorities have a harder time rising because their education is subpar and the challenges they can face to rise through the ranks are harder than white men, yet at the same time you can't deny promotions to white men who have done all the right things to get where they are going.