Gender politics

Ingnigear wrote:

That's the point. Making enterprises reach these quotas means that they obligate to hire women for positions. Equal opportunities mean that they hire the best person fitted for the job description, regardless of their gender.

Of course I don’t want to be in disadvantage for the same job position.

Don't you think it's a bit strange that men seem to consistently be regarded as the "best person"?  Disproportionately so, in fact?  Doesn't that suggest that maybe there's a societal bias against women taking these positions?  Redressing that irregularity is the idea behind the legislation.

I don't know your background, but I doubt that you're going to walk into a position as a board member at the top of a Norwegian company, so I wouldn't worry about being put at a disadvantage

Equality in Norway works both ways, by the way.  If you're a nursery nurse, primary school teacher, or medical nurse, then the school/hospital has the right to choose you over an equally qualified female candidate, because you're a man, and men are underrepresented in these fields.

Ingnigear wrote:

"I don't know your background, but I doubt that you're going to walk into a position as a board member at the top of a Norwegian company, so I wouldn't worry about being put at a disadvantage "

Why do you feel like that? Why are you so disrespectful? I have been plant director for the last 5 years. I've worked in USA, UK and now in Berlin. So yes, I could perfectly take a board member position after all.

I am sure there was no disrespectful intention from sctld. If you would look at the statistic on board members for these companies that are governed by the quota law, you would see that the most likely problem to get such a position is not being a man but rather not being Norwegian. We have very few foreign board members here and when they are, they come from the Nordic countries.

Ingnigear wrote:

Why do you feel like that? Why are you so disrespectful? I have been plant director for the last 5 years. I've worked in USA, UK and now in Berlin. So yes, I could perfectly take a board member position after all.

Absolutely no disrespect meant - hence the smiley face.  If you point out which sentence specifically was disrespectful and why, then I'll be happy to amend it.

As AuNordDuMonde says, foreign board members are a rarity, so that's all that I meant by that.  As AuNordDuMonde also points out, being foreign is going to be a bigger barrier.

But, I would be very happy for you if you proved me wrong!