What would a company workplace free of gender bias look like?

It's the goal of equal opportunity law, a stated objective of the womens movement and most every branch of feminism. It has broad based political backing.





Yet, for all that, nobody seems to have a good description of what such a workplace would look like.





For example:





Would there be equal numbers of men and women?


What kinds of mechanisms might exist to resolve conflicts?


How would the issues of promotion and part time work be handled?





What do you think a workplace free of gender bias would look like in practice?|||I don't think there would necessarily be exactly equal numbers of men and women. More specialised roles would reflect the numbers of people graduating in those disciplines.





Flexible working and part-time hours would be available where possible for valued workers needing time off for family commitments. Parental leave would be equal and women would not automatically be seen as the primary care givers. Women would not be passed over for promotion because their boss thinks they're going to get pregnant and leave. (Or because they think that women are too 'emotional' for responsibility.) All this would result in more women in senior positions.|||Get off your computer and go and find out, you may be in for a surprise :)|||I don't think anywhere would be ever be free of gender bias. No just workplace. No matter how hard people try, there will always be a gender bias. People could be more careful about it, but I don't think it could ever parish completely. Unless everyone is like super smart, there is no way to idealize gender equality.|||It would look an awful lot like the majority of units I was assigned to during my Air Force career. There would not be equal numbers of people of any particular category you might care to focus on. Jobs are filled by the people who volunteer for, and are qualified for them. Promotions are merit based. Of course there was no part-time work in that situation and conflict resolution was entirely different from anything you'd see in the civilian world.|||An online one where gender cannot be determined, and a person can only be judged by the work seen. ie web designers|||a company without (any) bias would be diverse. you would see approx'ly equal numbers if we werent socialized into fields.





we'd have typical conflicts - they'll always exist.





it would look wonderful and i sincerely hope we can provide it for future generations.|||It would look like the radio station where I volunteer. There aren't equal numbers of men and women, but most of our workforce is made of volunteers, and male volunteers outnumber female ones by 3 to 1. To date, I have heard of no instances of harassment or discrimination.|||I worked for a company like that. It was still sort of gender based since it was health care. We had about the same number of men who worked as we did women. But some of the guys would of course try to flirt. I just don't think we can escape some of the aspects of this until the world has changed drastically! We had the same job duties and everything and for the most part it was quite normal!|||In general, the workplace, like our elementary schools, has become a feminist haven where their ideology can be implemented to the detriment of society. Women need government for protection and we see more and more workplace laws that further the agenda. Society in general is harmed by all of this.





If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts."


- Camille Paglia