Diversity hiring is to fix a prevailing issue. The workforce got so male dominated, and it needs to be fixed. The female to male ratio is very low. Even the products would end up being curated that way (just like how most of the items are catered for right handed folks and not left handed folks).
When we are doing something, there will be some side effects, more of like collateral damage. But it's also more of like a necessary evil (although diversity hiring is not evil - used the term to set the context).
If you feel that those who are getting hired now is not good enough (almost all of them are good), they will get better soon. Or help them get better. At the end, the competition wouldn't have been this high if men themselves didn't made it this competitive.
Had there been equal representation of men and women in workforce, this approach wouldn't have happened. Or there should have been less men in the workforce so that men would get similar programs as well.
It's already very difficult for women to be in the workforce, or even to get the job. So, let's just support the program and support more women to take them up as well.
Note: although intended for good, there's a problem with it. It's the same people that would get selected in most of the programs. And this takes away the chance from those who deserves it. So, we should spread more information about these opportunities.
At the end, if someone's problem is with women being in the workforce, then I've nothing to tell them except to hope that they will understand everything, someday, and change their mindset.
