craig.cannon (10/5/2010)
Steve,The danger in that thinking is that it was men and women that gave women the right to vote. There were black and white folks marching to end segregation. Both of those issues are moral issues that affect everyone. That is what makes this discussion important. The good managers are successful because they do see the differences in EVERYONE and makes the most use of them. People are different. Period. Lets not get out of hand here.
It was a variety of people that made the change. However there was substantial opposition from many people, lots of whom were in power. The same with race. This is, IMHO, the evolution of those issues. We have to learn to work together.
We need to not dismiss this issue, or other issues we have because we don't have experience with them. I'm not a women, and I don't get discriminated against for that reason. But I do see that there is an issue here.
We should all be treated differently. To view us all as "the same" is not reality, and it's what has led to "human resources" and interchangeable parts, but that's not what people are. We are all different.