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right now, there’s a debate in germany about the women’s quota and if it is even necessary. many celebrities like veronica ferres are against it. it’s discriminating against men, she says, and therefore unfair. other women are speaking out against it, too, notably women who are already in leading jobs, claiming that they reached the top themselves, thereby proving it’s possible. they think it’s unnecessary and actually setting women back because no one wants to get a job just to fill some quota. they claim it’s not necessary since many firms are looking for female managers anyway (completely forgetting that most of those firms are looking for female managers because of the quota.)

at the moment, 51% of the german population are women. 44% of those are working. 21.3% are in leading positions, and in the board of managers of the german stock exchange for example, only 7.8% are women, according to one german newspaper.

opposers of the women’s quota claim that the quota would be harmful because people would be chosen for jobs because of their gender and not their competence.

• apparently there are far less competent women than men, so it would be difficult to fulfill it.
• apparently people are forgetting that people are being chosen because of their gender and not their competence already. it’s just men that get chosen now. because they’re ~more competent~ despite women getting consistently higher degrees.
• the quota would be 30%, btw. you tell me you can’t find 30% of competent women? yeah.

i can understand not wanting to be chosen just to fulfill some quota. but the answer is not to get rid of the quota when women are at such a disadvantage already.