Re:Women, Tech Conferences and the Bullshit Surrounding It
by claudius on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @04:17AM
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I’m happy with quotas, provided that they’re implemented correctly:
1) Quotas for both genders, in the form that no more than, say, 60% of the employees of a company and no more than 60% of the employees in a given position may be of a given gender (with a threshold of maybe five persons in said positions before the quota kicks in).
2) Extension of said quotas to government agencies, tax-exempt societies and associations and students per university class.
3) Enforcement of the quota insofar as that ‘surplus’ members/employees of the ‘wrong’ gender have to leave the agency/society/company.
4) Empowerment of local governments to draft people from an under-represented gender into security relevant agencies (such as fire brigades, the military and the police) where necessary.
5) Empowerment of universities to draft under-represented students into classes requested by local businesses (such as science & technology, where necessary).
1) Quotas for both genders, in the form that no more than, say, 60% of the employees of a company and no more than 60% of the employees in a given position may be of a given gender (with a threshold of maybe five persons in said positions before the quota kicks in).
2) Extension of said quotas to government agencies, tax-exempt societies and associations and students per university class.
3) Enforcement of the quota insofar as that ‘surplus’ members/employees of the ‘wrong’ gender have to leave the agency/society/company.
4) Empowerment of local governments to draft people from an under-represented gender into security relevant agencies (such as fire brigades, the military and the police) where necessary.
5) Empowerment of universities to draft under-represented students into classes requested by local businesses (such as science & technology, where necessary).
6) Enjoy the brave new world.