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human
CMV: Gender based quotas for some jobs (specifically where you let in people with lower qualifications just because they help fill that quota) seems dumb.

Now- What I'm specifically talking about is jobs like firefighting and other jobs where lives are on the line, or jobs where less women in general apply and the reason there's less women is because of that fact- not because  of bias, or anything like that.

I should elaborate- I remember hearing about the one project where they were gonna get more women into firefighting, and the way they were going to do that was to lower the requirements for women (I don't remember the exact %'s but for example say 90% marks in relevant subjects for men and 70% marks in relevant subjects for women) Now- if this was a male dominated field where your qualifications don't really affect lives like plumbing, then yeah, this would make sense, but for stuff like firefighting- It's not worth risking lives just to fulfill a quota.

That being said, I'm willing to CMV, so have at it.
gpt
Lowering the required marks is not the same thing as a quota. It doesn't impose a certain number of females among the force, it increases the percentage of applicant that are hired, that's different. Instead of just hiring everyone to fill the quota you take the best 15% instead of the best 10% - that's still generally the same level of qualification, some of them might just have done better at the one exam than others.

And having women firefighters is useful. They might not have the same physical strength than men, but they have other advantages, they're more flexible, can fit in tighter spaces and generally have a higher pain tolerance. Having a few women in a firefighting unit makes it more versatile and better equipped to deal with some challenges.