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dgudkov on March 17, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Scientists sent a rocket to Mars for less than it ...

All gender-based quotas are discriminatory. Even a 50% quota would be. Professional choices should not be made based on gender.

sremani on March 17, 2017 | [–]

If you think that is discriminatory, India also has caste based and in certain cases religion based quotas.

mikeash on March 17, 2017 | [–]

Declaring it doesn't make it so. Sometimes you have to push things in the direction you want them to go.

dgudkov on March 17, 2017 | [–]

Sometimes it's called manipulation.

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