Ms. MacDonald points out that “#MeToo (a movement in which
several women are claiming to have been sexually abused by male employers) is
going to unleash a new torrent of gender and race quotas throughout the economy
and culture, on the theory that all disparities in employment and institutional
representation are due to harassment and bias.” She says that the movement is
already causing one social group in particular—white males—to be discriminated
against in favor of supposed “diversity.” This push for “diversity” is manifested
in the practice of choosing women for employment in preference to more highly
qualified men, particularly white men.
She points out that the feminist movement is denying the
differences between men and women in their proclivities to choose different
types of activities and occupations. Men, she points out, tend to choose fields
that are characterized by departments which use science, technology,
engineering, and math. Women are naturally attracted to fields which “make the
world a better place, according to the common understanding of that phrase.” In
general, women are better at activities of nurturing and interpersonal
relationships than are men. It seems certain to me, that women make better
homes and do better in the tasks of child raising than do men.
Women, these days, are being encouraged to engage in
activities and professions that have previously been dominated by men. Often,
women do very well in these professions; but at other times, they do not do as
well as highly qualified men who are pushed out of competition because of
pigment or sexual differences.
We have a good example of this kind of discriminatory
activity in one of our granddaughters. She is a young woman who has been
strongly encouraged to become an engineer because her parents believe she
should learn how to make money in the market place. Although she is doing well
in engineering school, she does not have any significant desire to be an
engineer. She spends all her time out of school working in refugee camps around
the world. I, personally, think she should be studying sociological subjects
and how to help people manage difficult problems in their lives.
Another example from our family is one of our sons, who,
several years ago, applied to the University of Oklahoma for a position in the
Engineering department. He was denied the position. The department told him that,
“We would like to hire you, but you are the wrong color and the wrong sex.” By turning
him down, the University of Oklahoma missed hiring a young engineer who later
became a world-class research engineer in hydraulics at the University of
Missouri.
In our own family, we have found that a mother in the home
has been the most beneficial effect we could imagine. I am pleased to report
that our six children have not succumbed to worldly temptations that are
ravaging our culture, today. They don’t spend their time in video gaming,
drugging, premarital sex, etc. Our success in family structure and functioning
is due to the fact that Nancy was what is disparagingly called a “stay-at-home
mom.” Any success we have had in life has been due to the emphasis on family
that has been instilled by that “stay-at-home Mom!”
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