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It's not like women are aliens with concerns that are completely divorced from male employees. They just have a superset of concerns that also includes the potential for gender discrimination from coworkers and managers.

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There are likely a similar set of male specific issues as well, so it seems presumptuous to call it a superset.

This is important. There's a fine line between calling women's needs "special needs" and implying the primacy of maleness.

Indeed, both men and women have a superset of human concerns.

The union is never instantiated.

Supersets are not exclusive.

What do you mean?

Maybe each gender could have a set that's the superset of their common needs. Or maybe it was meant that the superset can equal the original set.

Correct on the former.

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