Mindless equality

Mindless equality is the insistence that everybody be treated equally in disregard of valid reasons for different treatment. Examples include:

• Treating as equal old Caucasian ladies and young men of Islamic origin in screening at airports
• Treating as equal women and men in filling combat positions in the military
• Treating as equal all types of music, from Beethoven to vulgar rap performers
• Treating as equal literature and science from all cultures, no matter how primitive

In Atlanta a female magazine editor has complained that 'Men at Work' signs are prejudiced in favor of males.