As a scientist I continually come across criticism that there is not a 50:50 split of the genders in science. All education, neurological, physiological, statistical arguments aside, there are still things like this:
"Where did all the women in tech go"
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/where-did-all-the-women-in-tech-go/p070164c
At 0:30 she says "and women were pushed out".. implying that there were other (male) employees doing the pushing....and yet
At 1:30 she tells us "there was a huge labour shortage"... oh so.. er.. you mean there was no one actually pushing?
I spotted a great demonstration of this new emerging "equality" online some time back:
"the university college has increased the number of women at the associate professor level by 36 percent, from 37.7 percent in 2007 to 51.5 percent in 2010. The school’s publication statistics are also impressive. Female researchers at the university college accounted for 45 percent of the publication points in 2009"
Granted the last 6.5% might have only just arrived.. but still if your going to try and make a point, make it a strong unambiguous one huh?!
In many cases the drive for equality is having a very negative impact, I see many scientists getting positions just because they are female regardless of qualifications, (after all, its all about the employment statistics now!) This is incredibly demeaning for female scientists who do have the qualifications and have worked dam hard to get where they are today!
Sure we have a long way to go before we live in a gender equal society, but "positive discrimination" is still discrimination!
"Where did all the women in tech go"
https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/where-did-all-the-women-in-tech-go/p070164c
At 0:30 she says "and women were pushed out".. implying that there were other (male) employees doing the pushing....and yet
At 1:30 she tells us "there was a huge labour shortage"... oh so.. er.. you mean there was no one actually pushing?
I spotted a great demonstration of this new emerging "equality" online some time back:
"the university college has increased the number of women at the associate professor level by 36 percent, from 37.7 percent in 2007 to 51.5 percent in 2010. The school’s publication statistics are also impressive. Female researchers at the university college accounted for 45 percent of the publication points in 2009"
Granted the last 6.5% might have only just arrived.. but still if your going to try and make a point, make it a strong unambiguous one huh?!
In many cases the drive for equality is having a very negative impact, I see many scientists getting positions just because they are female regardless of qualifications, (after all, its all about the employment statistics now!) This is incredibly demeaning for female scientists who do have the qualifications and have worked dam hard to get where they are today!
Sure we have a long way to go before we live in a gender equal society, but "positive discrimination" is still discrimination!