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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
Is it OK to give a position to one of two equally qualified people because that person is a girl.
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Two words: affirmative action. If you want to get more girls involved, go for it. But if you don't care, flip a coin. 1351 also has voting. There's people in place to evaluate the candidates and ultimately make a selection. But, they like to see the votes to make sure they didn't make some gross error in their choice, and possibly use it as a tie breaker.
By the way, this reminds me of an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. The doctor had two patients with the same affiliction and an equal chance of survival. He only had time to save one of them though, so he saved his friend. Because of this, he went crazy. He had problems trying to justify choosing his friend rather than the other patient.