Yeah, instead they should auto stamp pregnant women. That's gonna solve all the worlds problems.
MoM, I do see his point. Assuming that there are an equal amount of qualified people in every group of people, then forcing a even distribution would mean a greater number of qualified people over all.
But there aren't an equal amount of qualified people in every group, for every job. Pregnant women, for example, would be unfit for most jobs that require long-term physical activity due to the danger that would pose to mother, child, and coworkers. Hence, you can't force an even distribution and expect to increase qualification.
Well yeah, it's a choice between merciless "efficiency" in the name of the free market-god or a human allocation of opportunities. -snip snip-
You make claims that companies routinely recruit people on sexist grounds without any proof whatsoever. You've been doing that a lot in this thread - claiming that <evil phenomenon X> is common without backing it up with anything but scary talk.
No matter which kind of market system you want to run, you'll need qualified people for each job. Farmers who know nothing about farming are equally bad under free market systems, Zeitgeist future cities and communist utopias. Doctors who don't know what an appendix is are equally bad under free market systems, Zeitgeist future cities and under communist utopias. Consider yourself going to a doctor, with a lump of cancer inside you. Which doctor would you want to handle your treatment - one that has medical degrees and experience, or one who has no degrees but good intentions and a fetus inside her?
Seriously, Virex, I think you're a hypocrite. You're constantly complaining about discrimination while pushing policies that are even worse. Consider the situation where pregnant women would automatically get jobs - it would no longer make sense for a woman to get educated, as getting pregnant provides employment easier. Over time, you'd have women actually become the more ignorant sex and a burden for employers. Works pretty badly for gender equality.
Also, what would happen to people like me? I've studied for years to land a job in the development department of a respected medium-sized IT company, and you'd prefer hiring someone who can't program, but does have a vagina? That's discrimination. If you claim to oppose discrimination, you can't condone this without being a hypocrite.