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1000smurfs said:when you say 'run by swedish people' you imply an even mix of swedish men and women
do you not? in fact in reality that is the case sweden is run by an even mix of swedish men and women
so you say even mix of swedish men and women => doing well
If your average swedish person is like your average person,
(maybe that's not the case and that's a fair point, and is maybe your core argument ? My counter argument would then be , maybe what makes them different is that swedes involve women more in society !)
then even mix of men and women => doing well
that's a stronger conclusion than i made but it's certainly what I
want to suggest.
You're missing my point, which is that you can't simply look at a country with an entirely different culture, including political culture, and attribute its success to the gender equality in its political system, as if to suggest that's all we need to make ireland a better place. That's like saying that Germany is mostly run by protestants, so maybe we should put protestants in power here if we wanted to be more like Germany. It's too simplistic.
I'd bet that, per party, the proportion of female TDs is roughly equivalent to the proprotion of female activists in each party. That suggests to me that the discrimination is not within the system, but at the level of deciding to become involved. For some reason, women seem less inclined to join political parties and until that changes, i don't think we will see gender equality in the Dail or at Government.