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Originally Posted by Table 5
My point is not that they shouldn't try to create balance, it's that by making it a THING, it undercuts the validity of women who would be great candidates regardless. By stating beforehand that you're working on a quota, you inherently undermine the appointees by planting a seed of doubt about their merits.
By appointing half women, but without any public declaration beforehand, you achieve the same balanced result without the patronizing undertone. Symbolically, you make a statement that these were the best candidates for the job.
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Fair. But every person in that position knows they check a certain box one way or another. Cabinets have very little to do with real "merit" and everyone knows it. Everyone knows Marc Garneau checked the "bad ass astronaut box", not because he'll be great at knowing about how trains run.