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MY university said they aimed to get 50:50 gender representation of professors within a few years from the current 80:20.

Now, you could achieve that in 2 ways - fire a bunch of old men, or hire mostly women for new jobs.

As a young man, I'd much rather see the first and I think it's fairer... however there's tenure. That means the only way for them to achieve their goal is to hold down young men, who are made to pay for the 'crimes' of the old