I want to first state that I support Google's effort in
decreasing gender bias in the workplace. It is a problem that has existed for
all of history. However, that doesn't mean that women should be given easier
entry requirements. It is important to give everyone the same chance. Even in a
perfect world, one without any bias, it’s not likely that certain workplaces
would be without gender or race domination.
It isn't bad if a workplace is dominated by one gender or
race, but only if all applicants were processed equally. If Google were to
prove that they were free of bias (which is practically impossible) and yet the
percentage of males to females, then people would have no reason to be upset.
Getting rid of gender inequality is a very large task to undertake, one that
needs all companies, large and small, to participate. It also requires the
individual effort of us as people to make a conscious effort to
realize where inequalities are and point them out.
Google taking action is just the first step in the right
direction. They are smart about it, they know that it isn't something solved
alone or easy; but instead a task that should be treated with an urgent
caution. They aren't striving for perfection, they plan for something way
better than it is now. Better is a word of opinion, but in this case it might
as well be fact. It’s a fact that women have never been treated equally even
when the only difference between them and a male candidate is the fact that she
is a female. Gender should be no factor in jobs like engineering or in the
technical field. It shouldn't matter in anything accept for gender specific
jobs.
