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The problem with quotas is that it isn't that kind of problem.

It isn't predominantly that qualified women are applying and being turned away because of gender discrimination, it's that industry-wide the number of qualified women necessary for an even gender balance do not exist.

They went to school for teaching or medicine or real estate and the 17 year old girls deciding which college program to apply to are still doing the same thing.




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