Swedish study finds discrimination against men in female-dominated occupations
I think this is a good reminder that if you are male and live in a Western country, it is quite likely that you are being overtly discriminated against. It even has an Orwellian name: &quot;affirmative action&quot; [1].<p>Women may face other types of workplace discrimination, as the article also says, but when it comes to hiring and college admissions there is overt and (mostly) legal discrimination against men. This is supported by data [2], procedure [3], and myriad anecdotes [4].<p>Some think this is necessary (even a moral imperative) for correcting historical injustices, but at the very least we should avoid gaslighting people and acknowledge in plain language that discrimination against men exists.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Affirmative_action" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Affirmative_action</a><p>[2]: The Atlantic: Men Are the New College Minority <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;CrAxH" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;CrAxH</a><p>[3]: WSJ: YouTube Hiring for Some Positions Excluded White and Asian Men, Lawsuit Says <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;tl5lO" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;tl5lO</a><p>[4]: I personally know about a brother and sister applying to the same college, where the brother got rejected  with a higher GPA while the sister got in.