Male engineering student explains why his female classmates are not his equals.

[Johnny2X2X]

43. I'm reminded of a firm my friend works at

My friends is an excellent staff engineer, nearing the end of his career. He helps design and manufacture medical devices. He works for a world class company, that has had a huge diversity problem. Their lack of diversity has been documented in many articles, so now they're trying to rectify their problem. So here he is, a white male decision maker who now frets that the only candidates HR sends him are women and people born in other countries. He doesn't think it's fair that white males aren't getting interviews. He misses the fact that when he was hired, only white males were getting interviews. He doesn't get that the company is recognizing a weakness and trying to turn it into a strength. Diversity will help his company recognize threats and opportunities better in the future.

Companies who respect diversity have a competitive advantage, those that lag on that front will fall behind in the market.