On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 13:50, John wrote: > <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 Thats assuming Australia is a democracy. Which it isn't. It's not even a representational democracy. It is a meritocracy. People are elected to rule based on merit (or perceived merit). Once elected they mostly tow the party line. They *don't* re-present the views of their electorate in Parliament, thus this is not a re-present-ational democracy. So becoming more non-democratic really doesn't do anything for a system that isn't democratic to start with. </moreranting> Kind Regards Crispin Wellington
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