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Seems like it, yes. I've seen similar arguments made regarding foreign labor. "I value people of all countries the same - it's just that only <some nationality> seem to be willing to work for that value".

You can paint it negatively but hiring them when others don't also improves their salaries - if everyone else followed their lead there'll be no inefficiency and they won't be underpaid.

Not because they are women though, but because they had trouble finding work somewhere else. So the company had a bigger negotiation power. That's just capitalism, supply and demand...

> Not because they are women though, but because they had trouble finding work somewhere else

Because they were women?

Originally yes, of course. But that's not the fault of the person that actually hires them. If you are the only company that hires everyone without any discrimination, you just have a bigger supply of people.

This argument is not going to end well on HN.