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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I can somewhat confirm your first statement.

I began my Master's study a few years ago and had to retake a course since I've switched to another university and they claimed that my Bachelor's study wasn't equal to theirs. A female friend of mine did the exact same and had exactly the same education as me. The dean of our new study wrote her personally and said that he will make sure that she doesn't have to retake any courses if she starts studying here. I'm still kinda pissed about that tbh.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yey, reversed sexism ! That sure will solve every problem !

Can't we just treat people as equal ?

[–] SmoothOperator 3 points 5 days ago

We literally can't, not while the structures we live in are built to benefit men.

Equality will only come with structural change, which at times will look like reverse sexism. But if a woman is hired with half the publications, and it is twice as hard for a woman to get published (just as a fictional example), then it's not really reverse sexism even if it looks like that on the surface.