Affirmative Action For Men?

Men are bearing the brunt of the recession. If one believes in affirmative action, why would it not apply to men if they are being disadvantaged - first in school and now in jobs?

I no longer think affirmative action is a good idea. I think it had a time and place, but now it's gotten to the point where the costs outweigh the benefits. Affirmative action is a system that helps those able to game it and does not substantially assist minority populations it is designed to assist. In short, it ends up helping individuals of certain minority-groups who don't need help.

This is not the same, however, as putting together a workplace team of a diverse skill set. Certainly, employers are entitled to hire whoever they want should they think they need a woman to balance out the office environment. Or a man for that matter.

But on an entirely different note, there is a potentially huge negative social cost to an abnormally large number of men out of work.