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Quote:Sweden to abolish affirmative action

The Swedish government said Tuesday it would abolish affirmative action at universities since the practice has resulted in unjust advantage.

STOCKHOLM, January 12, 2010 (AFP) - The Swedish government said Tuesday it would abolish affirmative action at universities since the practice has resulted in male students being given admissions priority for several popular programmes.
"The education system should open doors -- not slam them in the face of motivated young women," Higher Education Minister Tobias Krantz wrote in an article in Sweden's leading daily Dagens Nyheter.
The government has allowed universities to practice affirmative action since 2003 in order to encourage an equal number of men and women at the country's universities.
Criticism has raged in Sweden recently after male students have been given priority to popular programmes where men are under-represented, in particular the medicine, psychology, veterinary and dentistry faculties.
For those programmes in particular, there are more women applicants with top grades than men, yet the men are admitted because of the affirmative action rule.
Women represent about 60 percent of university students in Sweden, a pioneer in gender equality.
"The current regulations yield a totally unfair result. Last year it was almost only women, 95 percent, who had worked hard to get into their dream programme but who did not get in because of their gender," Krantz wrote.
A Swedish appeals court recently ruled in favour of 44 women who were not admitted to a veterinary programme because of their gender, awarding them damages of 35,000 kronor (5,000 dollars, 3,400 euros) each.
In another class-action lawsuit currently in the courts, 31 women have sued Lund University in southern Sweden for discrimination for giving male students admissions priority to the psychology programme in 2008.

Equality?

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Could you imagine how much wealthier Western countries would be without this crap?

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Imagine that - A law works not as someone anticipated.
How did that happen?


Could it be that affirmative action was suppose to be a Pussy Pass and not affirmative action?

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(08-17-2015 04:14 PM)Ziltoid Wrote:  

Quote:Women represent about 60 percent of university students in Sweden, a pioneer in gender equality.

Equality?

That is indeed how equality in feminism works.

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Affirmative Action didn't go in the direction that Swedish feminists were hoping for.

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Just further confirmation of the obvious. Feminism is about female supremacy, and the elevation of women to 1st class citizens whilst men are relegated to 2nd class.

Men in these countries need to grow their balls back out and form Men's Unions to counter their oppression.

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Can you post the full link?

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(08-18-2015 01:11 AM)KC4 Wrote:  Can you post the full link?

http://dalje.com/en-world/sweden-to-abol...ion/289636

Oh yes, I'm so privileged you literally can't even.
Interested in joining the FFL? I tried (and failed).