Post Av98XS0jg7O2MrbUEy by samir@mastodon.functional.computer
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 (DIR) Post #Av98XQf4hASwBOSfq4 by revk@toot.me.uk
       2025-06-14T17:07:11Z
       
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       @neil I am a tad divided on this.What makes sense is an industry such that around half the people that could be in the panel are female. And then that half the panel are female.But if 95% of people that could be on the panel are male? Ensuring one is female is distorting things, assuming a small panel.What needs fixing in such cases is why is the split of those that could be on the panel skewed?Maybe distorting things in such cases helps that in the long term?
       
 (DIR) Post #Av98XS0jg7O2MrbUEy by samir@mastodon.functional.computer
       2025-06-14T17:15:04Z
       
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       @revk @neil Evidence strongly implies that quotas work. If you set a minimum diversity quota, on any given axis, it doesn’t just improve your quality (because e.g. women who stay in male-dominated industries tend to be way better than their male counterparts, on average), it also makes people under-represented in the audience more likely to stick around.So yes, Neil is right to do what he’s trying to do.An example: https://kjonnsforskning.no/en/2016/10/secret-behind-norways-gender-quota-success
       
 (DIR) Post #Av98XTVy5Txp21DwYq by revk@toot.me.uk
       2025-06-14T17:17:11Z
       
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       @samir @neil indeed, hence my last sentence.
       
 (DIR) Post #Av98XUc20QPMR74IeO by samir@mastodon.functional.computer
       2025-06-14T17:17:53Z
       
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       @revk @neil Sure, it was your first sentence that made me feel the need to reply. I hope you are less divided now. 😄
       
 (DIR) Post #Av98XVkZm8pxxu4dbk by revk@toot.me.uk
       2025-06-14T17:20:57Z
       
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       @samir @neil yeh, sorry, trying to consider generally. It is indeed a way to try and change the underlying problem.There will be exceptions, a panel on the problems and issues of menstruation, for example. Though I am making some assumptions here, I know.
       
 (DIR) Post #Av98XWMVV7B7rXovjM by samir@mastodon.functional.computer
       2025-06-14T18:03:19Z
       
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       @revk @neil I think it's worth considering the power differential, in the same way that comedians are encouraged to punch up, not down.