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Equality(=) Does Not Imply Equality
By Jeremy | January 26, 2010
A common argument has arisen with respect to equality today: if there are equal numbers of men and women doing a job, then the societal problem of discrimination based on sex has been solved. In light of this argument, the government has put into place many measures which try to ensure numerical equality. Numerical equality is an incorrect way to measure the existence of discrimination based on sex. For example, many lawmakers are worried that there are not equal numbers of men and women in the hard sciences. While this numerical inequality is an interesting data point, there is a plethora of other reasons that could explain the inequality. Perhaps women’s brains are biologically different enough from men’s that they find the hard sciences stupid, boring, or drab. No matter what the reason, one can not assume that if numerical equality exists, sexism is finished. All numerical equality can demonstrate is that there are the same number of men and women doing the same thing.
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