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		mzzter on Feb 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The power of role models > It may take proactive behavior, like choosing a women over a man when growing your team, just because, or promoting women more freely. They don't need to be chosen "just because" :/ they should be chosen based on merit, otherwise, how good of a role model would that person become?

Rusky on Feb 25, 2017 [–]

I read that as "just because" among otherwise equally-qualified candidates, as a counter to an unintentional bias in the other direction.

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