RE: The Steem Sister Show - Episode 60 // Feminism (Extended Episode)
Intentions aren't outcomes, though.
Unfair dismissal law, for example, has been devastating to disabled people. I once suggested to an employer, that since our entire role was text based, with no talking required, we could go out and hire a team of deaf people.
Made a great case, and even pointed to a couple of government subsidy programs that would mean substantial savings.
I didn't get an official reply, but I came to understand what wasn't spoken outright.
You can't fire a disabled person, even if they're terrible at their job; as their lawyer can claim the disability played a part in your decision and you get eaten alive in court.
If that's the kind of help vulnerable people can expect from regulation; maybe it's time to scrap the idea.
God that is so true. Once when I was in a management position, I wanted to fire this lady that was terrible - but it took me months of building a case because the company was worried we would get sued because she was a female over 40 that had been injured on the job before.
I definitely think that true change happens in the mindsets and hearts of people - not the legislation that is written by politicians.
I guess all I was saying is there are case studies as well that point to where certain legislation has helped groups - but in the larger scheme of things - I think it is a slippery slope of expecting the government to enact social change - which is not ever going to really work anyway.
Now who are you going to hire? The guy you can fire or the disabled lady you can't?
Doesn't make you sexist or ableist, just means you're responding to incentives.