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posted by chromas on Wednesday October 03 2018, @04:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the 23%-budget-cuts dept.

California is officially the first state that will try to require companies like Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to add more women to their boards

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law today that requires major companies with headquarters in California — including many household-name tech firms — to have at least one woman on their boards by next year, and depending on the size of the board, up to three women by 2021.

The law is the first of its kind in the U.S., and proponents say it's needed to equalize the representation of women in corporate boardroom. Currently, a quarter of California's publicly traded companies do not have a woman on their boards. Companies that fail to comply with the new rule face fines of $100,000 for a first violation and $300,000 for a second or subsequent violation.

The law already faces opposition from business groups, which could challenge the basis of preferential hiring toward women. In signing the bill, Gov. Brown acknowledged the bill's "potential flaws" that could prove "fatal" to implementation, but nevertheless supported its passing, citing "recent events in Washington, D.C. — and beyond — make it crystal clear that many are not getting the message" around gender equality.


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  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Wednesday October 03 2018, @06:11PM (3 children)

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 03 2018, @06:11PM (#743531) Journal

    It's like affirmtive action; a cosmetic, aspirin-for-cancer approach that doesn't solve the real underlying problems

    FTFY.

    My fear here is that these women will assimilate ["bro culture"]

    Instead of Uncle Toms, they would become Aunt Thomasinas?

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday October 03 2018, @07:06PM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday October 03 2018, @07:06PM (#743576) Journal

    Precisely. And I have seen this happen already. Once a certain kind of self-described feminist gets enough money, suddenly she's not at all interested in helping out minorities or poor women or especially not victims of underage prostitution; she starts spouting the same shit you hear from the d00dbr0s around her.

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by requerdanos on Thursday October 04 2018, @04:14PM (1 child)

      by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 04 2018, @04:14PM (#744159) Journal

      Once a certain kind of self-described feminist gets enough money... she starts spouting... d00dbr0s

      Is it possible that it's not because these certain feminists came under the influence of corrupt masculinity, but rather because they are and always were shallow enough to be interested in helping others of similar or neighboring income and surrounding culture (only), and their income and culture is what changed, not some mysterious gender-related thing? It seems like Occam's razor would prefer such an explanation.

      I would suggest that most people have the greatest interest in helping people of similar or neighboring (insert any quality or condition here) because that's the easiest group to identify with without expending extra effort. Many people exist who care about others because it's right, not because the others are like them... But there are a lot more people who claim that they care about everyone, than actually do.

      I mean, I volunteer for a non-profit that works in part to identify and rescue victims of human trafficking, and raise awareness of such issues. But I would say that more than 99% of people don't do something like that, even if they are "feminists."

      A personal, heart-affecting story: A group I worked with helped a woman to rent a place in a boarding house a few years ago, and she told me with frank happiness "This is the first place I've stayed in a long time where I didn't have to ---- anybody to stay there."

      By and large, there seem to be too few people who have compassion and willingness to help. I personally had to be homeless three times before I woke up to this reality and started caring in any meaningful way; I am not just criticizing others here.

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday October 04 2018, @05:41PM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday October 04 2018, @05:41PM (#744208) Journal

        Oh, absolutely correct. But those people ought not call themselves feminist then, because they're taking a term which means "in support of ALL women" and narrowing it down to "in support of the ones I identify with personally." THAT is identity politics, and it's the complete opposite of intersectionality.

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