Should businesses be allowed to only hire one gender for some jobs?

[Moseschidera]

This topic comes up from time to time about whether some businesses should be allowed to only hire one gender for certain roles. On one hand, businesses should be able to make their own hiring decisions based on what's best for their needs. However, limiting an entire gender from applying could also be seen as discrimination. I'm interested in hearing people's thoughts on where to draw the line. Are there some jobs or situations where preferring one gender could be justified to meet a specific business purpose? Or should skills and qualifications be the only criteria for all roles?

 

[Starmix]

No business hires only one gender. It is very impossible, besides, there is no gender inequality as long as the applicant is skilled and qualified.

 

[Springtime]

Decades ago, there was a public transportation company in my place which only hire male staff. I do not know the reasons. I wonder if this is allowed nowadays.

 

[Moseschidera]

No business hires only one gender. It is very impossible, besides, there is no gender inequality as long as the applicant is skilled and qualified.

Some business do hire only one gender, they might add just one or two of the other gender to make it seem like the both gender work with them. Most eatery in my area prefer hiring female over male.

 

[Hate2Wait]

There are businesses/ works that are only handled by men, you won't see ladies working on an Induction furnace as it's considered dangerous

 

[Starmix]

Some business do hire only one gender, they might add just one or two of the other gender to make it seem like the both gender work with them. Most eatery in my area prefer hiring female over male.

I think in an eatery most workers are females. There might be a few males to do heavy work like carrying cans of water, but in big restaurants, males and females are there serving.

 

[Stardom22]

I think all the jobs can be best done by all the genders. In my country we have a gender equality program for the all the jobs.

 

[Starmix]

In the Philippines there's no age and gender inequality. In fact, a retiree can still work in a company nedding sakes crew male or female or both.

 

[Nomad]

Gender balance is a delicate subject matter. IN theory, you need gender balance in workplace but most of the time you end up hiring only capable clients, without caring about gender.

 

[Stan358]

Employment for jobs should not be based on gender but on professionalism. People who are capable of doing such job should be employed. Skills and experience should come first before gender could be considered..

 

[Suba]

In tourist locations in Singapore there is one type of job that is only done by women, namely being a Mermaid, I have also never seen a luxury car advertisement without women. In addition, there are also many types of jobs that require patience such as embroidery, batik are also dominated by women.

 

[Augusta]

I understand your point but I think times have changed that a lot of what a woman can do now a man can do same so it's not really visible any longer

 

[eLdavis]

I think what the business needs to focus on is it they are capable to handle the job. If you are only able to find capable workers in a single gender, then go ahead.

 

[Stardom22]

I think that the security guards are being forced to employ the female staffs to frisk the female employees on the company.

 

[Augusta]

No need for such discrimination. Just try to hire capable hands and those that you believe can give you the best effort's

 

[Fidelia]

If a business has it as its policy and opinion that certain positions are for a particular gender, they might have their reasons and it should be respected.

 

[Augusta]

Just hire who is ready to work. Who is ready to be committed and be hard working

 

[magnus2022]

Yes! Some business is more suitable for one gender than other. For instance, like building and construction is more suitable for male gender. Though, it is possible to employ female workers but you should know that the capacity of the female can't be compared with that of the male workers

 

[neku]

In some organizations usually only men are hired, like in the army for some roles, there is not much which women can do because they are not strong enough.