Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory • Hacker News Board

Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory

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Post by chrisrhoden » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

LuminousPath wrote: post #72

chrisrhoden wrote: post #58

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Because there is a difference between making decisions based on gender, race, age, religion, etc... and making decisions based on the ability of the applicant to perform their duties. If your goal is to add someone to your team with skills that you believe are likely to be easier to find in a woman, you are not permitted to disregard men - just as if you are looking to hire someone to do heavy physical labor, you are…

If they're actively seeking somebody who's purpose is to bring the female perspective to a development team, how do you do that without being discriminatory? "Hiring a person who is very familiar with application usage and development from a female perspective"? This applies to the original argument the article made. Phrases like that sound creepy and off-putting to applicants.

The reason it's creepy and off-putting is because there is no such thing as the female perspective, and the phrase smacks of someone who is creepy.

Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory

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Post by agilebyte » Wed, May 01, 2013, 9:44 AM UTC

darkchasma wrote: post #89

zapdrive wrote: post #82

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Let me get this straight. Do you mean to say that it is OK to discriminate against men, but not women?

Absolutely, if it's to set right the ratio that has been skewed due to the history of women's lack of equality. The stats don't lie in this case, women are getting screwed.

Do not forget to tell your applicants that they are there to make you feel like you are making the World a fairer place instead of doing their job based on their ability. I also hope that you have quotas for minorities, disabled, people with different sexual orientation and of different age too.

Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory

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Post by darkchasma » Mon, May 06, 2013, 5:15 AM UTC

agilebyte wrote: post #92

darkchasma wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely, if it's to set right the ratio that has been skewed due to the history of women's lack of equality. The stats don't lie in this case, women are getting screwed.

Do not forget to tell your applicants that they are there to make you feel like you are making the World a fairer place instead of doing their job based on their ability. I also hope that you have quotas for minorities, disabled, people with different sexual orientation and of different age too.

What a naive view. When hiring there are a number of factors that will determine whether they will be the successful applicant, their skill set being only one of them. Part of that is whether they will fit in with the group, are they able to take direction, are they able to manage themselves, etc. Having a workplace without diversity is a serious problem, diversity increases your competitive advantage, provides differing perspectives, and even encourages different opportunities.