Affirmative Action is designed to introduce individuals of different
             races, ethnic groups, religious affiliations, and genders into occupations
             and work places where they historically have not been present, have been
             underrepresented, or have not been represented in leadership capacities.
             However, the selection process can occasionally hurt members of those
             populations the policy was designed to help. This is not simply because it
             causes individuals to question the real' credentials of underrepresented
             groups who would be qualified, otherwise, without such a program.
             Affirmative Action negates the fact that there may be other reasons than
             racism for the dominance of certain groups in certain professions.
             Consider the presence of male counselors in a rape crisis center that
             is attempting to achieve a more balanced gender mixâ€"a raped woman might not
             feel as comfortable talking to a male counselor. However sensitive and
             qualified the male counselor may actually be as a human being and a
             professional, the woman who has just undergone a major trauma and assault
             to her dignity might not be able to immediately perceive this. She may
             merely see a male face. Even women in less extreme emotional states, in
             counseling or social services situations on a one-to-one level, might be
             more apt to misinterpret and react in a hostile fashion to the male
             counselor's questions or comments about her sexual behavior, decisions to
             have children or not to have children, and problems with husbands and
             boyfriends. Recent immigrants from cultures with strong male/female social
             divisions and highly prohibitive structures upon social and professional
             interactions between the genders might encounter even more difficulties
             opening up' about personal, female matters as well.
             Discuss the issues of an agency offering accessibility to all (ADA) what
             would be the impact of the costs i...