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Hate to burst your bubbles, folks, but France recently learned the hard way what can happen when you put people in charge solely on the basis of gender: http://www.economist.com/node/16064321 [] The nation passed a law stating that the boards of publicly-traded corporations must have a minimum number of female members to ensure “equal representation”. [] Thing is, France didn’t have enough women with the type of education and/or work experience one would expect for such a post. [] So rather than try to compete to get the women on the boards, a lot of companies just took whatever warm bodies that they could find… a list that just so happened to include more than a few wives, mistresses, and girlfriends. [] Instead of encouraging gender equality, all France did was encourage crony capitalism and “sleeping one’s way to the top”. [] Let’s look at a person’s track record people, not their reproductive organs.
New laws mandating the ratio of elected officials? Let the people decide (unless it’s Palin, then the libs don’t hold back with the personal insults including ones directed at her children).
Actually, Sweden and the Scandinavian countries were there first. It took a few years to shake down — but now female Swedish board members are much recruited across Europe! The problem with the “track record” suggestion is that boards have not been willing to give women without a board track record a chance (though they HAVE done so for men). No one wants an inexperienced board member, so women get left out, and since there is a smaller pool to begin with, it grows more slowly. What the Swedish laws did was greatly increase the pool of people, and establish that ALL companies had to have relatively inexperienced board members — and help them GET experienced. When the numbers of women on boards triple, you do get some more qualified people, even if some are not.
“Actually, Sweden and the Scandinavian countries were there first. It took a few years to shake down — but now female Swedish board members are much recruited across Europe! The problem with the “track record” suggestion is that boards have not been willing to give women without a board track record a chance (though they HAVE done so for men). No one wants an inexperienced board member, so women get left out, and since there is a smaller pool to begin with, it grows more slowly. What the Swedish laws did was greatly increase the pool of people, and establish that ALL companies had to have relatively inexperienced board members — and help them GET experienced. When the numbers of women on boards triple, you do get some more qualified people, even if some are not”.
Can you give a post to prove that? You give a lot of convenient facts for the left with no support at all.
“The nation passed a law stating that the boards of publicly-traded corporations must have a minimum number of female members to ensure “equal representation”.
Thing is, France didn’t have enough women with the type of education and/or work experience one would expect for such a post.”
The Economist would have a better point, except most Corporate Boards are made of hacks, lapdogs and cronies. I’ve found buying up former politicians for Corporate Boards to be very useful.
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Clark Kent said, 7 months ago
Yes, just like they have in Europe.
omQ R said, 7 months ago
@Clark Kent
Most of Europe, but not in the UK.
narrowminded said, 7 months ago
Seriously?
Darren Blair said, 7 months ago
Hate to burst your bubbles, folks, but France recently learned the hard way what can happen when you put people in charge solely on the basis of gender: http://www.economist.com/node/16064321
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The nation passed a law stating that the boards of publicly-traded corporations must have a minimum number of female members to ensure “equal representation”.
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Thing is, France didn’t have enough women with the type of education and/or work experience one would expect for such a post.
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So rather than try to compete to get the women on the boards, a lot of companies just took whatever warm bodies that they could find… a list that just so happened to include more than a few wives, mistresses, and girlfriends.
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Instead of encouraging gender equality, all France did was encourage crony capitalism and “sleeping one’s way to the top”.
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Let’s look at a person’s track record people, not their reproductive organs.
Ms. Ima said, 7 months ago
New laws mandating the ratio of elected officials? Let the people decide (unless it’s Palin, then the libs don’t hold back with the personal insults including ones directed at her children).
Larry said, 7 months ago
@Ms. Ima
“Palin”? Are we still picking on her children?
lonecat said, 7 months ago
@Darren Blair
They had binders of women.
Gresch said, 7 months ago
Why do women always say the want equality untl it is time for the divorce settlements…
phritzg
said, 7 months ago
Women have out-numbered men for quite some time. If they voted as a bloc, they could elect a woman in any election they wished.
zekedog55
said, 7 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Cross-hairs? No, no, no….
Ya see, they were uh-uh-um…. SURVEYOR’S symbols! Yeah, thats it…
You insist on “libs”, Ima? Y’all got “cons” perfected.
Try waking up and looking at America in the 21st century…
motivemagus said, 7 months ago
@Darren Blair
Actually, Sweden and the Scandinavian countries were there first. It took a few years to shake down — but now female Swedish board members are much recruited across Europe!
The problem with the “track record” suggestion is that boards have not been willing to give women without a board track record a chance (though they HAVE done so for men). No one wants an inexperienced board member, so women get left out, and since there is a smaller pool to begin with, it grows more slowly. What the Swedish laws did was greatly increase the pool of people, and establish that ALL companies had to have relatively inexperienced board members — and help them GET experienced. When the numbers of women on boards triple, you do get some more qualified people, even if some are not.
jack75287 said, 7 months ago
@Larry
Yes the left is!
jack75287 said, 7 months ago
@motivemagus
“Actually, Sweden and the Scandinavian countries were there first. It took a few years to shake down — but now female Swedish board members are much recruited across Europe!
The problem with the “track record” suggestion is that boards have not been willing to give women without a board track record a chance (though they HAVE done so for men). No one wants an inexperienced board member, so women get left out, and since there is a smaller pool to begin with, it grows more slowly. What the Swedish laws did was greatly increase the pool of people, and establish that ALL companies had to have relatively inexperienced board members — and help them GET experienced. When the numbers of women on boards triple, you do get some more qualified people, even if some are not”.
Can you give a post to prove that? You give a lot of convenient facts for the left with no support at all.
Comic Minister said, 7 months ago
You ladies look pretty!
Uncle Joe said, 7 months ago
@Darren Blair
“The nation passed a law stating that the boards of publicly-traded corporations must have a minimum number of female members to ensure “equal representation”.
Thing is, France didn’t have enough women with the type of education and/or work experience one would expect for such a post.”
The Economist would have a better point, except most Corporate Boards are made of hacks, lapdogs and cronies. I’ve found buying up former politicians for Corporate Boards to be very useful.