Discrimination is justified? At first I thought I read it wrong... wow, its sounds like you are gay/lesbian and you say that!
If you believe (or anyone believes) that women are under-represented in the field, then why would you support the position of only hiring women? It doesn't solve the problem.
If you believe that women are underrepresented, then address the issue, NOT THE OUTCOME. Use that money to fund CS scholarships for women or programs that encourage programming for female high school students. Personally, I think that all teenagers should have learn a language(computer!) in high school; I wish I had learned programming sooner but there really isn't mainstream way to learn it outside of college and even then you don't get much exposure to it unless you know its there.
This would be no different than Harvard saying they are hiring a feminist studies teacher (A field that most agree is female dominated) but one of the bone fide occupational qualifications is being male. There are probably hundreds of qualified women who want an equal chance at that position. Instead they don't get a chance at all, why -because they were born with a vagina?!?!?!
The practice of hiring like that is discriminatory. The thought that we should only hire people based on gender is disgusting. I'm bisexual and when I fight, its for equal rights not revenge rights.
That's an awfully bi chip on your shoulder. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.) My gender and orientation is irrelevant to the argument, as are yours.
I agree that scholarships for women would help, but I'm curious -- why is subsidizing students based on gender okay, but hiring professors based on gender "disgusting?"
If you believe (or anyone believes) that women are under-represented in the field, then why would you support the position of only hiring women? It doesn't solve the problem.
If you believe that women are underrepresented, then address the issue, NOT THE OUTCOME. Use that money to fund CS scholarships for women or programs that encourage programming for female high school students. Personally, I think that all teenagers should have learn a language(computer!) in high school; I wish I had learned programming sooner but there really isn't mainstream way to learn it outside of college and even then you don't get much exposure to it unless you know its there.
This would be no different than Harvard saying they are hiring a feminist studies teacher (A field that most agree is female dominated) but one of the bone fide occupational qualifications is being male. There are probably hundreds of qualified women who want an equal chance at that position. Instead they don't get a chance at all, why -because they were born with a vagina?!?!?!
The practice of hiring like that is discriminatory. The thought that we should only hire people based on gender is disgusting. I'm bisexual and when I fight, its for equal rights not revenge rights.