the literal physical equality things was a sad side effect of the gender/sexuality wars of the mid-to-late 2010s. IIUC it came about because of twisted logic tryng to say that "women and men are capable of doing all the same jobs" and following that to a logical conclusion, rather than questioning the premise.
for a while it was hard to even push back against this (for example, inside a large FAANG filled with employees who are terrified of the progressive wing) and there is even a fair amount of scientific literature (mostly opinion articles in nature) that seem to continue to propagate these ideas.
for a while it was hard to even push back against this (for example, inside a large FAANG filled with employees who are terrified of the progressive wing) and there is even a fair amount of scientific literature (mostly opinion articles in nature) that seem to continue to propagate these ideas.