It isn't Affirmative Action when a women decided she needed or wanted to work outside of the household. If a women isn't qualified she will not hold a position long at a job. Women have fought for their rightful place in the workforce, equal pay for equal skills, etc. You talk of laws that should have been given to blacks long before they were, I agree, but women were also denied many things in the past. Giving them the same rights as men is not being given an advantage, such as AA.And that's the problem, your opinion. Affirmative action has benefitted white families because of the increased earning power of white women and the majority of whites did not vote for Obama in 2008. Seems that whites don't seriously want to talk about race. People like you want a pat on the back for passing laws to give us what we were supposed to have on 7-4-1776, in the 1960's, 190 years after all men were created equal and endowed with inalienable rights.In my opinion, most Caucasians prefer not to discuss the topic of "race" because there is no value to doing so.
Since the 1960s, the current majority ethnicity has apologized for past discrimination toward people of color by instituting affirmative action in all areas. In 2008 there occurred the historic presidential election result.
I believe that the current majority ethnicity deserves a shoutout for doing everything possible to ensure "justice and liberty for all."
According to most demographic studies, Caucasians will soon become a minority.
Hopefully, the eventual new majority will continue to ensure "justice and liberty for all."
Women had to fight for equal opportunity and pay in the workforce because of belief bigoted, misogynistic hiring managers that they could not effectively compete in the workforce at the managerial level in numerous professions.
In 1967, gender was added to the anti-discrimination list and is considered a part of Affirmative action, and was intended to promote the opportunities of defined minority groups within a society to give them equal access to that of the majority population. It's not an "advantage", it is legislation that ELIMINATED an unfair advantage by including minorities and females.
But going a step further and deciding to make up for past discrimination by hiring less qualified women TODAY, is an ADVANTAGE to women, TODAY.
And that is obviously what is and has been going on, for a long time, and your denial is not credible.
I'm not denying anything. As usual you are ASSuming.
Like it or not, the probability of many BETTER qualified women is more likely.
There are more of them.
Your presentation of the problem, as simply giving equal access to women, denies the reality that the push for equal representation, has gone beyond that, to higher less qualified women.
THat you deny, denying it, is silly.
YOur odd reference to the fact that there are more women, overall, means nothing in the context of applications for specific jobs.