Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Simon Britnell wrote:

> The prime justification I have seen for demographics shifting basically
> boils down to "There should be more women in my field because if there
> were, there would be less sexism".

You have the cart/horse wrong: IF there were more women in my field, it
would be a demonstration that there is less sexism. Less sexism is good,
ergo more women in underrepresented fields is a good thing.

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