Nowadays, some workplaces tend to employ equal numbers of men and women workers. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?
Traditional male-dominated workplaces are decreasing nowadays and some workplaces are giving jobs to an equal number of men and women. I believe that this is a negative development. In the following paragraphs, I shall put forth my arguments to support my views.
My first argument is that reserving half the seats for women could lead to negative discrimination against men. Both men and women should have the same right to choose their profession. People should be chosen for jobs based on their skills, qualifications and character. Gender should not come in the way of the selection process. Having a fixed quota would mean that some qualified men might be denied a job while some unqualified women would be given one.
Secondly, considering today’s scenario, this quota might go against women. It has been seen in recent years that more and more women are opting for higher education. For example, thirty years ago, in a typical class of any medical college, girls were far less than boys. Today, the situation is reversed. This means that today, some workplaces could be dominated by women. So, having a reservation in the workplace could mar the chances of deserving women. With high levels of education, even the highest positions in science, politics or law, for example, can be held successfully by women. Women have proved their mettle in many jobs traditionally thought to be the domain of men. Who has not heard of our IPS officer, Kiran Bedi? Therefore, such a quota is not needed by the women of today.
Finally, it could be said that having a quota would not ensure moving towards an egalitarian society where all are considered equal. Those who tend to discriminate against women would find some other ways to discriminate, such as by underpaying the women at the same posts as men.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that, the trend of employing an equal number of men and women in the workplace is a negative development because it could lead to negative discrimination against men, it may boomerang against women, and it is not needed by the women of today.
