New rules mean top jobs in Irish civil service must go to women - employment gender discrimination to be legalised

Lupinfujiko · 2017-01-16T00:26:45+00:00

Man, we are so fucked.

fengpi · 2017-01-16T01:35:40+00:00

Well, just identify as a woman. Sex is fluid, is it not?

Hell, I transitioned between 5 different sexes before breakfast today! Only a bigot would suggest that I'm crazy and/or full of crap.

mwobuddy · 2017-01-16T00:17:53+00:00

At this time I fully approve of sex-baiting, e.g. all men who are aware of this should dress in feminist clothes, highly publicize this, and falsely claim how much they like it and approve of it.

We're at the historical point where males are bobbing just above the surface, they won't necessarily make a stink until they get their heads shoved completely under the water and realize they need to struggle.

xNOM · 2017-01-16T13:54:56+00:00

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has said that the “best person for the job” approach will remain but that women will be prioritised in some situations.

So Orwellian.

thrway_1000 · 2017-01-16T01:23:25+00:00

https://archive.is/d68mh

mikesteane · 2017-01-16T00:59:05+00:00

Well, Irish women have earned it by all their hard work as navvies. /s

MelkorHimself · 2017-01-16T03:55:50+00:00

And what if this turns out like the Scottish university scenario where the chemistry program one year was canceled due to "lack of interest" (thanks to forced gender parity)? This is a recipe for disaster.

Imnotmrabut · 2017-01-16T10:13:56+00:00

So they use an APEX Fallacy to justify another APEX Fallacy?

Two Fallacies do not make a right or a happy work place!

MagicTampon · 2017-01-16T08:16:56+00:00

Ladies' firster damseling female chauvinist sows -- straight to the front of the line!

LoneWolfRoofRider · 2017-01-16T12:24:40+00:00

I'm Irish and completely against it, where do I go to complain?

2017-01-16T19:23:37+00:00

This is how societies fall.

geniice · 2017-01-16T13:06:08+00:00

Nothing in the department statement says that such jobs must go to women. Read beyond the headline next time.

2017-01-16T20:07:04+00:00

patriarchy did it reeeeeeeeeeee

JebberJabber · 2017-01-16T03:48:33+00:00

As is common on this sub the heading is an outright lie and nobody either notices or points it out. It is not an excuse that the headline is partly copied from the article.

"In these cases, where candidates who compete for Top Level Appointments Committee positions are of equal merit, then priority would be given to the female candidate where they are under-represented on the management board of the department or office in question".

That is not "must go to women". The policy only applies if two candidates can be shown on paper to be of equal merit, and for that to be capable of withstanding a legal challenge. HR departments are terrified of being sued, and protecting the organisation from Big Bad Sue is a large part of their job.

Quiet tipping of the scales will always be possible to some extent but this policy has a natural limit, it only applies where women are under-represented.

women make up just 20% of those in top-tier management in the civil service. This is despite making up about 44% of those at assistant principal level.

So the apocalypse is not quite upon us yet. It isn't like they are digging mass graves and marching all the male staff into them.

Title	New rules mean top jobs in Irish civil service must go to women - employment gender discrimination to be legalised
Author	bmoregood
Upvotes	125
Comments	64
Date	January 15, 2017 11:58 PM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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