As a woman, I'm considered a minority. Buf if I knew I'd gotten a job just to fill a gender need in a company - I'd quit in a heartbeat. I want my skills to matter, not just the skin I'm in. I am sure many other people of minorities feel similarly. How insulting is it to your education and training to be "given" a job for some randomly created status quo?

Yes, I know for every situation like this someone will say, but what if? You know what, many of those what ifs apply to every portion of our life anyway. What if the backward ape down your block walks the other side of the street to avoid you because of your skin color, for example? Hes well within his rights to do so. Shrug, probably didnt want him playing in your yard anyway. And should he or she encroach on your life, liberty or pursuit of happiness youre well within your rights to hall him into the nearest jail. The laws necessary for legal protection are already in place. Do we really need more and more complex legalities that read worse than stereo instructions? If everyday apes cant understand the laws, what good are they really? And if the laws have loopholes, well ya know some clever ape will find and abuse them.

I understand the desire to protect people from ignorance and prejudice, but all too often these laws end up doing more harm than good. It seems, for example, that the idea of sexual harassment has begun to translate into reverse discrimination toward men. Monica Lewinski wasnt a fool she was a clever, crafty person who knew exactly how to get what she wanted. Other not-so-ethical women have run with her example and used it to their full financial benefit, much to the chagrin of this woman. In the process many good men have lost jobs, while this behavior gets rewarded. Ok Im now officially ranting but all of these things tie together.

Whether its equal opportunity, sexual harassment, fair housing, etc. etc. etc. you cannot wholly legislate and regulate every aspect of human behavior, and at some point the whole thing becomes moot. Yes, these topics are important, and there is a need for SOME of the safeties, but certainly not all of them. This ape wonders where it will stop, especially when you hear about leaders arguing over whether the salt content in our food should be regulated. I am content to micromanage my own salt, thank you, and I am likewise content to stand on my own merits, not those that give me special considerations.

Anyone else feel similarly?