California becomes 1st state to require women on corporate boards

[UglyCasanova]

https://abc7.com/careers/california-becomes-1st-state-to-require-women-on-corporate-boards/4377601/

SACRAMENTO, Calif. --
California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, according to a law signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The measure requires at least one female director on each board of California-based corporations by the end of next year. Companies would need up to three female directors by the end of 2021, depending on the number of board seats.


No way this doesn’t get struck down as unconstitutional. Requires discrimination based on a protected class. Noble cause but not the way to achieve it. What if it’s a male that identifies as female, wonder if that counts.

 

[Jhhnn]

https://abc7.com/careers/california-becomes-1st-state-to-require-women-on-corporate-boards/4377601/

SACRAMENTO, Calif. --
California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, according to a law signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The measure requires at least one female director on each board of California-based corporations by the end of next year. Companies would need up to three female directors by the end of 2021, depending on the number of board seats.


No way this doesn’t get struck down as unconstitutional. Requires discrimination based on a protected class. Noble cause but not the way to achieve it. What if it’s a male that identifies as female, wonder if that counts.

As the article points out, it's largely symbolic. Big companies will just pay the $100K/yr fine as a surcharge on white male privilege.

 

[Moonbeam]

It's an interesting issue. Suppose, for the sake of argument, as any good conservative might, that we know in our guts that only by having women running the entire world, will humanity be able to survive. Would it really matter in that easily known case, how just or unjust the laws are, so long as they serve the absolute truth that lies deeply rooted in our gut feelings?

Since it is obvious that the testosterone crippling that most men are subject to leads to the fear that every man has that he will be seen as unworthy to breed, and it is women that make such decisions, the result has been to keep women dependent on a man's earning power to procreate along with all the bigotry and suppressed hatred of women, it will ineluctably evolve in the course of the feminist movement that women will break those chains and resume down the Bonobo chimp line of evolution that was our original organic path that got derailed by inter-species competition. The future is looking more and more like only progressive liberal men are going to have a chance at good sex. Men should consider this when they raise their boys if they want their bloodline to survive. Now go brush your teeth, wash your face, and comb your hair. I'll meet you at the library.

 

[UglyCasanova]

If you say so. The women I work with have more testosterone than the men to be honest.

 

[BoomerD]

I think it’s a stupid “feel good” law with no requirement that the woman has to actually know anything about the company or industry. Maybe they can just hire their cleaning lady into a non-vothing board seat...

 

[Viper1j]

https://abc7.com/careers/california-becomes-1st-state-to-require-women-on-corporate-boards/4377601/

SACRAMENTO, Calif. --
California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, according to a law signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The measure requires at least one female director on each board of California-based corporations by the end of next year. Companies would need up to three female directors by the end of 2021, depending on the number of board seats.


No way this doesn’t get struck down as unconstitutional. Requires discrimination based on a protected class. Noble cause but not the way to achieve it. What if it’s a male that identifies as female, wonder if that counts.

I remember the good ole' days when "qualified" meant more than a set of tits..

 

[Viper1j]

As the article points out, it's largely symbolic. Big companies will just pay the $100K/yr fine as a surcharge on white male privilege.

Or leave the state and cost people a lot of jobs.

 

[Moonbeam]

I think it’s a stupid “feel good” law with no requirement that the woman has to actually know anything about the company or industry. Maybe they can just hire their cleaning lady into a non-vothing board seat...

Well let's not ignore the fact that the cleaning lady might likely make better decisions than men.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Affirmative action is nothing more than fighting racism, sexism, etc. with racism, sexism, etc. The left champions socially acceptable discrimination with affirmative action, the Dems are the real racists today. It is part of why I had my walk away moment, I realized the left has become the real fascists.

 

[Viper1j]

Imagine a world where a woman only has to list her cup size for a promotion..

 

[IronWing]

Imagine a world where a woman only has to list her cup size for a promotion..

Imagine a world where men get positions on corporate boards simply due to who they boof with in college.

 

[ivwshane]

This doesn't seem like a good law and could probably lead to more inequality as women on the board could potentially be looked at as simply a token and possibly creating animosity.

 

[Moonbeam]

Affirmative action is nothing more than fighting racism, sexism, etc. with racism, sexism, etc. The left champions socially acceptable discrimination with affirmative action, the Dems are the real racists today. It is part of why I had my walk away moment, I realized the left has become the real fascists.

This is a nice example of imbecile thinking: State something that can in some instances be true and then imply it's a universal. They proclaim your mental superiority as the factor that lead you to that conclusion. This fulfills all the unconscious emotional needs that are driven by bigotry, the need to condemn the other to stress your own ego superiority. SlowSpider, you're just an asshole like very other bigot. Try to relax. Your feelings of inferiority and your need to compensate in your own mind for them don't impress anybody but yourself. Who hasn't felt like a dirt bag. You flatter yourself thinking you are so especially worthless that your denial would impress anybody. You're just the typical dirt bag like the rest of us.

 

[IronWing]

This doesn't seem like a good law and could probably lead to more inequality as women on the board could potentially be looked at as simply a token and possibly creating animosity.

Oh, I agree that it a bad law. But let us not pretend that all the men earn those positions. Some do, some are purely good old boy crap.

 

[itsmydamnation]

Its funny we have this situation in Australia,

We have two main political parties, one has quoters on female representation , the other doesn't. The one that does has 44% female representation and many of their top performing representatives are female. The other one has only 20%. They talk about quoters being the wrong way to do it, but then the right of the party turn around and fight dirty pre-selection battles with existing female members as a result come next election their female representation will be even lower. On top of this only one female member has held any real position of authority and they just finished knifing her in the back.

The point here is that quoters have helped females of equal capability fight the inherent bias within existing systems

One party has 53 male 42 female(labour) the other 84 male 21 female (liberal), after mid next year liberal is going to be more like 15 females.

 

[brycejones]

https://abc7.com/careers/california-becomes-1st-state-to-require-women-on-corporate-boards/4377601/

SACRAMENTO, Calif. --
California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, according to a law signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.

The measure requires at least one female director on each board of California-based corporations by the end of next year. Companies would need up to three female directors by the end of 2021, depending on the number of board seats.


No way this doesn’t get struck down as unconstitutional. Requires discrimination based on a protected class. Noble cause but not the way to achieve it. What if it’s a male that identifies as female, wonder if that counts.

You get concerned about the weirdest shit.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

It's an interesting issue. Suppose, for the sake of argument, as any good conservative might, that we know in our guts that only by having women running the entire world, will humanity be able to survive. Would it really matter in that easily known case, how just or unjust the laws are, so long as they serve the absolute truth that lies deeply rooted in our gut feelings?

Since it is obvious that the testosterone crippling that most men are subject to leads to the fear that every man has that he will be seen as unworthy to breed, and it is women that make such decisions, the result has been to keep women dependent on a man's earning power to procreate along with all the bigotry and suppressed hatred of women, it will ineluctably evolve in the course of the feminist movement that women will break those chains and resume down the Bonobo chimp line of evolution that was our original organic path that got derailed by inter-species competition. The future is looking more and more like only progressive liberal men are going to have a chance at good sex. Men should consider this when they raise their boys if they want their bloodline to survive. Now go brush your teeth, wash your face, and comb your hair. I'll meet you at the library.

You had me at ineluctably.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

You had me at ineluctably.

Hard to resist isn’t it?

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Someone needs to start a publicly traded gay male company so they can feel oppressed when they demand to have a woman on-board that knows nothing about being gay

On a serious note, seems silly - and I guarantee there is no where near enough qualified women for such positions.

 

[Greenman]

You get concerned about the weirdest shit.

He didn't express any concern.

 

[UglyCasanova]

You get concerned about the weirdest shit.

Same empty replies in the other thread as well

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/poll-only-whos-lying.2554579/page-13#post-39594802

I’d think at some point enough would become enough.

 

[IronWing]

I’d think at some point enough would become enough.

The concept hasn't slowed you down even a little bit.

 

[IronWing]

On a serious note, seems silly - and I guarantee there is no where near enough qualified women for such positions.

What is the necessary qualification to be on a corporate board?

 

[brycejones]

He didn't express any concern.

Its really cute when UC has a white knight. Keep it up, he needs someone to share his concerns with.

 

[Pipeline 1010]

Someone needs to start a publicly traded gay male company so they can feel oppressed when they demand to have a woman on-board that knows nothing about being gay

On a serious note, seems silly - and I guarantee there is no where near enough qualified women for such positions.

I can guarantee there are PLENTY of qualified women for such positions. Something being overlooked is that qualified != the best.