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> engineers on higher salaries

By that logic, men should also be disproportionately represented in the group that got fired.

I’d be curious to know.

And does that count as sex discrimination?




> does that count as sex discrimination?

In a practical legal sense, generally no. Discrimination against a class that many believe is already over-represented is almost never prosecuted. It can happen, in fields (e.g. nursing) or workplaces where men are the minority, but it's rare. Otherwise, the attitude is that no social good comes from prosecuting such cases. Not saying it's right or wrong, and undoubtedly such discrimination can create real victims, but that seems to be the prevailing view.




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