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The cold, hard facts prove that unless we force a change, it will not change.

The simple counter argument to this, and what changed my mind utterly, was that the number of woman on boards never changed. "Women will setup companies" was what they said in the 70s, 50 years ago.

It never worked until we started forcing it. There's still a ridiculously small percentage of female chairs. There's still a ridiculously small percentage of female board members.

If they're just as good, as you say, and I also believe, why didn't it change? Because gender discrimination is rife.

Without positive discrimination, the status quo did not change, will not change.

Doesn't matter anything you said above, it's all noise. It doesn't correct itself like you say it will.

parent mattmanser 9 years ago

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