<P> By creating men's and women's rooms of the same size, society guarantees that individual women will be worse off then individual men . </P> <P> Another difficulty is that it is hard for a society to bring substantive equality of opportunity to every type of position or industry . If a nation focuses efforts on some industries or positions, then people with other talents may be left out . For example, in an example in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a warrior society might provide equal opportunity for all kinds of people to achieve military success through fair competition, but people with non-military skills such as farming may be left out . </P> <P> Lawmakers have run into problems trying to implement equality of opportunity . In 2010 in Britain, a legal requirement "forcing public bodies to try to reduce inequalities caused by class disadvantage" was scrapped after much debate, and replaced by a hope that organizations would try to focus more on "fairness" than "equality"; fairness is generally seen as a much vaguer concept than equality, but easier for politicians to manage if they are seeking to avoid fractious debate . In New York City, mayor Ed Koch tried to find ways to maintain the "principle of equal treatment" while arguing against more substantive and abrupt transfer payments called minority set - asides . </P> <P> Many countries have specific bodies tasked with looking at equality of opportunity issues; in the United States, for example, it is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; in Britain, there is the Equality of opportunity committee as well as the Equality and Human Rights Commission; in Canada, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women has "equal opportunity as its precept ." In China, the Equal Opportunities Commission handles matters regarding ethnic prejudice . In addition, there have been political movements pushing for equal treatment, such as the Women's Equal Opportunity League which in the early decades of the twentieth century, pushed for fair treatment by employers in the U.S. One of the group's members explained: </P>

Legal requirements for ensuring equality of opportunity at work