The trouble with "affirmative action" is that in situations like this, nobody can really tell whether she earned it on her own merits or not.
It's possible she would have got the job if she were a man, I don't know. But what I am fairly sure of is that if she were a man then I wouldn't be hearing about it.
It's possible she would have got the job if she were a man, I don't know. But what I am fairly sure of is that if she were a man then I wouldn't be hearing about it.