[Linux-aus] geek feminism - from the other side

[Eyal Lebedinsky]

On 01/03/2011 13:48, Noel Butler wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 16:46 +1100, Peter Miller wrote:
>>     Given a chance, I will preferentially
>> hire women...
>
> Congratulations, your lawyer will soon become rather rich, I hope you're not in Queensland, because that will earn you more than many civil suites (probably an offence in other states as well), yes, regardless of qualifications of applicants, that's the most stupidest thing you could have ever said in public, so I hope for your sake you really do not have any input in employment of any staff.
>
> I for one would dismiss you for this statement, as you indicate you ignore the qualifications of applicants and hire on basis of sex.
>
> You might score brownie points with the females on this list, but will they bail you out of your fines? bail you out by paying the civil judgements handed against you? I, kinda, some how, doubt it.

Funny. I think that we already agreed (in earlier discussion) that the subtext is 'all else being equal'.
Or else I joined the wrong discussion myself...

Eyal