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Yes, but at the same time, Women are tired of being treated like they're special. All of my friends who are women and engineers(or similar) would much rather be called an "engineer", not a "woman engineer". They HATE that. Treat them as equals. By giving them all these special titles and groups, the message somewhat becomes, "hey, you can't really compete with us, so we have you special groups where you can thrive and feel good about yourself." Actually talk to the majority of women out there, they don't want that. They want to compete in the same field as men.


This is why I posed the original question. Treating somebody "differently" is discriminatory. We should deal with those that look funny at women and not treat women in a special manner.


The claim I hear when I mention this to feminists is that "Every other day is a men's day".

Or I get the

"But they are intimidating and I'm scared to go."




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