DOUBLETHINK: Netherlands: Female executive quotas: Move over men (it’s for your own good).

A female directors quota automatically implies a male directors quota.

False. The female quota is a floor, so in theory, there could be no men at all.

And that is a good thing because it will, of necessity, improve the quality of male administrators. Not all male top executives are good executives. Some are excellent and get top marks while others are just scraping by. The latter climbed to the top during the boom years but, faced with a recession, they seem incapable of changing their approach. They stand in the way of necessary change and the company suffers. . . .

Fewer places at the top mean a tougher selection process.

So, if the number of men in executive positions is higher, that’s bad, because it means having more unqualified men. But if the number of women in such positions is higher, that’s good for some reason.

And if lowering the number of men is “for [their] own good,” then why not keep the number of women low for their own good?