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Originally Posted by rjwood  I do think it is demaning to women in general. No matter what age, a person, whether they be male or female is capable of not understanding the message they are projecting. My post was directed at a young person and I was relating to what I thought was/is his meaning. |
Ah, okay, that makes sense then, sorry for the misunderstanding.
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Originally Posted by rjwood Perhaps you should define that more clearly for me to fully understand what you mean by it. |
I guess I just feel that if women really do want to be treated as equals, then they shouldn't demand different treatment. I'm in a pretty male-dominated field, but I have never felt that by being female I am somehow being discriminated against. The various organizations like WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) seem to give off the message that if women are to succeed, then they must need some kind of mentoring and peer support. That just seems to be perpetuating the viewpoint that women are somehow inferior. Similarly, when employers are forced to higher a certain proportion of women, that doesn't seem right to me. The person who is best suited to the job should get the job. I don't want to succeed in this world simply because there are measures to ensure that women can succeed; I want to succeed because I am competent.