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Look, everyone agrees the best candidate should be the one that's hired.
Unfortunately, there's no objective truth in how to rank candidates - minus anything obvious. Humans make the choices and humans are prone to bias. Consciously or not, people are going to favor candidates that meet the expected stereotypes for said positions.
There are plenty of studies out there documenting it. For example, resume response rates can vary drastically based solely on the name of the applicant. (The same resume sent to various companies with changes to the applicant's name. Masculine names, feminine names, "white" names, "black" names, etc).
Statements like these are easy to cling onto and rally a false narrative. They're something ""everyone"" should agree on at a first glance. They miss the underlying issues and the driving force behind various movements.
That's why I was suggesting blind recruitment where possible. Name, gender, all that sort of things are hidden so they won't affect that part of the recruitment process.
Everyone should agree with them but not everyone does.