The Case for Reintroduction of Colour Vision Screening at School Entry — The Centre for Male Psychology

SarcasticallyCandour · 2024-10-16T23:38:58+00:00

I'm colorblind and I think it's disgraceful that it's not seen as a disability.

A talented pilot, engineer, astronaut, naval officer, police officer etc. Could be blocked from these careers due to colorblindness. Where if you look at pilots or air traffic control, all you need to do is change the colors and color normal people are unaffected but it will allow others to enter these profession.

Out of 8 billion humans, 8% of males and 0.5% of females is around 350-370 million humans (if my math is not awful) which is a massive number.

John_Barry · 2024-10-17T12:02:00+00:00

I suspect that if it was a condition that impacted the careers of 8% of girls and 0.5% of boys instead of 8% of boys and 0.5% of girls, the screening process would never have been removed. You can imagine the tsunami of complaints.

Also I find it disturbing that the govenment changed the rules about screening school children based on information that was clearly out of date. Were they just trying to cut costs, despite the impact on nearly 10% of children?

Working_Farmer9723 · 2024-10-17T16:33:02+00:00

I’m mildly red green colorblind. Was shattered when the school nurse told me it was no big deal unless I wanted to be a pilot or something. WTF do you mean I can’t be Maverick?! BTW being an electrician or electronics tech, any deck position in a seagoing service, etc… How about those PowerPoints with the green and red lines? It’s not nothing. I never tire of the question “what color is this”.

Title	The Case for Reintroduction of Colour Vision Screening at School Entry — The Centre for Male Psychology
Author	iainmf
Upvotes	46
Comments	3
Date	October 16, 2024 9:51 PM UTC (1 year ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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