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Reverse Discrimination as Justice in the Senior Promotion of Female Teachers
Author(s) -
Doran Gregory A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1982.tb00719.x
Subject(s) - redress , reverse discrimination , promotion (chess) , economic justice , project commissioning , compensation (psychology) , publishing , balance (ability) , disadvantage , order (exchange) , psychology , sociology , political science , management , law , social psychology , racism , business , economics , politics , finance , neuroscience
This essay examines a report by the Anti‐Discrimination Board regarding discriminatory preference for female principals at girls' high schools and male principals at boys' high schools in New South Wales. It analyses some of the ethical issues raised by the criteria of the report and argues that an acceptable educational philosophy demands a form of positive discrimination in order to redress the balance regarding promotion procedures for female teachers in New South Wales. Such discrimination must of necessity be a combination of both compensation and reparation.