If you view governments as technology, which they are, then it makes sense that you would see very few women at the start and as it gets "grandma-proofed" you w

If you view governments as technology, which they are, then it makes sense that you would see very few women at the start and as it gets "grandma-proofed" you would see more and more women participating. "Make the easy things hard and the impossible things possible." Women in government was thought to be impossible not just a few thousand years ago, and now it's rule not the exception. Just another example of how simple (in description, not implementation) tech can change social norms.