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> Equal opportunity doesn't mean equal candidacy.

You're conflating your vernacular interpretation of the popular name of the law with the text of the law itself.

Regardless of how you interpret the phrase "equal opportunity", the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces the full text of employment discrimination laws, and not just their titles.

> But real-life demographic analysis shows that men are overwhelmingly the qualified demographic for this role.

Are you familiar with the phrase, "Lies, damn lies, and statistics?" I've seen some of these real-life demographic analyses that support this kind of conclusion, and they have an overwhelming tendency to be utter bunk.

> Advertising to that demographic is not against the law

In fact, it's been specifically prohibited in the USA since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.



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