<rant on>I refer you to "Sex and Politics in Australia" by H.M. Revelman where it is explained in very simple terms how striving for gender equal representation in government is actually non-democratic and in fact is an artifact of the Multi-National Corporations Marketing Departments. It leads to the breakup of the Family Unit and increases Householder domestic debt, the increased divorce rate and the poverty that many men now face courtesy of a discriminatory Court and Justice System. It also actively encourages men to underachieve both economically and professionally, and adversely affects those contemplating marriage.
Representation in Government should be tied to Economic and Social contribution to society, not by which sperm swims fastest. I rather policies are decided by things other than the random dice of DNA and meiosis.
<rant off> Feel free to flame me off-list.John P Foster (who besides not being the guy who makes the beer doesnt believe that a true democracy means that seats in Parliament should be filled on the basis of some imaginary discrimination that infact discrimates against those who actually contribute to society)
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