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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre
The thing is that you assume they are under qualified because they are women. You wouldn't assume men are under qualified.
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No. What I am saying is that I think alot of people use movements to get ahead or something that they might not be qualified for in the first place. I know women who do this and I think it is crap to do so. You should get ahead by your own merits, not because a company has to have a certain number or needs to show a certain face. And this is happening alot in typically male dominated areas like construction. Women are becoming managers not because they can do
the job but because they are a woman and companies have to show that they employ a certain number. to advoid lawsuits.
And the same thing happens to men in traditionally female dominated workplaces such as education. I know men who are qualified pre-school teachers but cannot get a job because of parental prejudice or being cold-shouldered
by colleagues. One guy I know called for a job and was told that "they don't hire pedophiles". Which he is not. But because he is a man, it was assumed. Now he works in a completly different field.
And this is coming from a woman who has worked for IT/engineering firms.