You should have said..
That since the ratio of male:female managers was representative of society as a whole then they should really be aiming to even up the ratio among the operators. To do otherwise was sexist ;)

But seriously, if every post was recruited on merit and every applicant was given equal consideration then there is no need to start worrying about how many women or men you have. If the work is more attractive to one gender for whatever reason then more will apply for the post and presumably the same proportion will succeed given an even distibution of aptitude.

Positive descrimination is still descrimination, just as bad as negative in my view.
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 11:34, Reply)