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I worded my comment poorly. You're right... the number in not artificial. And I agree with your point on humans being capable of many things.

I want to live in a society where people can make a living doing things they enjoy and are good at. My concern is that quotas for outcomes (rather than things that more directly measure discrimination) might end up achieving the opposite: on one hand encouraging people into positions that are not a good fit for them, through external incentives, while at the same time removing opportunities from others who would prefer them.

Shouldn't measures of workplace satisfaction matter a hell of a lot more than the number of women on the board?

>>biofox+(OP)
I never argued that quotas are great solution. But, I think once you realize that a solution to a problem is bad you should look for a different solution instead of declaring that there is no problem, which seems to be the easy way out.