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Add to that that the current U.S. Senate has only 20 women members (i.e., 20 percent), which is the highest proportion in the history of the Senate. In the Hous
by jboynyc 10y ago
Add to that that the current U.S. Senate has only 20 women members (i.e., 20 percent), which is the highest proportion in the history of the Senate. In the House of Representatives the proportion of women members is below 20 percent (19.4, to be exact), and that, too, is the highest proportion ever.
- Houshalter 10y agoThat doesn't seem bad at all. That may be roughly the same as the relative percentage of women that are interested in going into politics.
- jboynyc 10y agoNope, it's terrible. Just look at the international comparison: http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm Unless you think "At least the U.S. is doing better than Kyrgyzstan" is the appropriate response. In that case there's really no convincing you.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> That doesn't seem bad at all. Its low by international standards. > That may be roughly the same as the relative percentage of women that are interested in going into politics. I'm not sure why US culture having a much stronger effect of socializing men and women into different roles vis-à-vis government than every other developed nation and many developing nations would be a positive explanation for that statistic.