This is an explanation to why and how the term "equality of [X]" has been misused in order to destroy pillars of secular thinking and force people to and not to do certain things that they usually would or wouldn't like to do.
There is two very different approaches to the term of "equality" in the context of society: "Equality of opportunity" and "equality of outcome". While both bear the word "equality" in them, they exclude each other. Either one makes the other impossible in all but very few exceptions.
"Equality of opportunity" means that everyone has the same hurdle to whatever the goal is. Let's assume a company hires 10 people. There are 50 male and 50 female applicants. Equality of opportunity grants both of them the ability to apply, however the company is in charge of deciding who is hired and who is not. A secular company will most likely review all 100 applicants and decide based on their abilities, character and experience, then hire the 10 best suited applicants without caring about their gender.
"Equality of outcome" means that, taking the same example as before, there should be 5 men and 5 women hired. This is based on the assumption that men and women are equal to the point where the proportion of men and women hired is equal to that of the applicants, in this case 50-50. But not only that: Let's assume that of those 100 applicants, there where 50 white and 50 black. The equality of outcome demands that of those hired half have to be black and half have to be white. The same goes for ethnicity and multiple other factors.
If you already know what this is, then feel free to skip ahead. For all others, this is a short explanation out of the field of statistics and stochastic.
First, we'll create two tables for the same 100 people that applied for the job. The numbers where invented to demonstrate the difference between statistical dependence and independence.
Statistical dependence means that a factor (here male/female and black/white) has an effect on the result (hired/not hired). Statistical independence. means that the factor is irrelevant for the result. In this example, the 100 applicants have been divided into based on the factors so that in the upper table we have out of the total of 10 hired applicants 7 male and 3 female, and out of the 90 not hired applicants there are 43 male and 47 female. In total, there where 50 male and 50 female, numbering a total of 100 applicants. The lower table displays the relation between hired/not hired and black/white. Both tables are for the same job hiring process.
To find out if a factor is relevant or not, one has to look at a table like this. We had a 50-50 relation for both male/female and black/white. Equality of outcome, or statistical independence. demands that since half where black and half where white, then of the hired applicants there also have to be half black and half white. As everyone can see, this is given, hence we can assume that black and white is irrelevant for the hiring process. It is statistically independent.
Shifting our look onto the upper table, we have a disproportion: The percentage of hired men/women does not reflect the percentage of applicants. There are disproportionally more men hired than women. If something like this occurs, then people speak of statistical dependence. The fact that an applicant was male or female had an impact on their chance to be hired or not hired.
However, also note that a single case does not proof statistical (in)dependence. It could just be by accident, or due to other factors not included. At the end of the day, statistics only works with big enough sample sizes, and even then one has to include a certain margin of error.
This is where the entire mainstream culture screams "SEXISM!!!". But let's assume the job was hiring actors for roles, and there where 7 male and 3 female roles to fill. Is this sexist? Of if the job was hiring construction workers. Is it that much of a surprise that more men than women where hired?
This is why at every corner people scream "sexism" or "racism" or anything else. They assume that everyone is "equal", but what they mean is that everyone is homogenetic. This is the incredible fault that these people make: They assume that everyone is homogenetic to the point where in absolutely no case, never, under no circumstances, gender, skin color, ethnicity or something else would matter. They have been indoctrinated by mainstream media that these factors are always irrelevant (statistically independent.), and to have any form of relevance (statistical dependence) is not the result of an actual reason, but of sexism, racism, etc.
The leftist, communist cult has decided that humans aren't individuals, but a statistically homogenetic mass. And because reality does not behave this way, they claim to identify their "-isms" all the time. But identifying is just the first step. The next one is dictating based on statistics.
Just as with all other claims that these people have, they assume that if reality does not reflect their claims, then reality has to be wrong. We've seen the same thing with the climate change data not reflecting the simulated models (see the series about climate change here). They are one step before thinking of themselves as gods, that shape reality through their claims.
What they are doing now is to artificially create the statistics that they think should be. So if you're husband and wife, trying to have the man as bread winner and the woman care for the children, bad luck. Statistics demands that more men care for children and women work, so get on it or you're against gender equality. The implications are truly devastating when looking into the future of this thought concept. Some of them indeed are extreme and no logical person would ever hold on to such a stupid idea, but please do not disregard the danger: We aren't dealing with logical thinkers here, we are dealing with utter madness.
Oh sorry, we have 51% women and 49% men in this world. I guess you have to change your gender... Oh sorry, we have out of 50% white, 50% black workers, but there are 45% white and 55% black workers in the country? I guess some of those white racists have to go... These are just two examples of what we are going to see more and more frequently.
In the end, true equality of outcome can only be archived by assuming total control over the subject. This means that the last two steps will be like this:
After taking all your factors (gender, skin color, ethnicity, etc) into account you will be assigned exactly how to live, what to buy, when to do what, so that statistically it all works out and equality of outcome can be archived perfectly.
In the last effort, even the leftist cult will realize that it isn't enough. You cannot "liquefy" people and divide them, there will always be a diversion simply based on the fact that you cannot say "5.25 people of this kind have to be employed here". The only way to get rid of it will be to get rid of all that makes people individuals. The end result will be a homogenetic, no or bi-gender, all the same skin color, all the same genetics, and all the exact same life society, where literally everyone is the same as everyone else. The end result of the fanatic equality of outcome is to rid the world of individuality.
All these people claim to be for "diversion", but their inevitable end goals do not allow that, in fact demand the absolute opposite. They think that by imposing diversion, they can shape reality according to their mad idea of everyone being homogenetic, but in fact they are wrong. There is a reason why men and women exist. There is a reason why black and white skin color exists. There is a reason why different ethnicities exist. And since people are always shaped by their surroundings, the different conditions do have an impact on the preferences and attributes of a person.
If you grew up as the child of two professional basketball players, then it's quite likely that you're interested in it too, also you're most likely above average size, more healthy and in better shape that the others. This isn't set in stone, but this is very likely. And thus, when you apply for a job as a professional basketball player, you'll have an advantage compared to someone who is smaller, less healthy, fat or otherwise less qualified. The people who recruit basketball players will, ideally, not hire you for the fact that your parents where both professional basketball players, but they see your abilities, physical condition and other relevant factors when you play and think "Hey, this kid really knows how to play. He/She has the potential to become a professional basketball player" and thus they will very likely recruit you. This and this alone is true equality of opportunity.
Equality of opportunity has all the advantages, because the pool of people the companies can draw from is unrestricted. Take the best suited people available and hire them. This ensures that those chosen to do a job are competent, and not just forced into the position due to their various factors.
This has been the foundation of advanced societies. The workers where competent, they where given the opportunity to do what they like when, where and with who they like the way they like within the limits of law. And the law does not pose restrictions on you because of your gender, skin color or any other factor.
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