Re:Iceland almost gets female-majority parliament
by nverno on Sunday September 26, 2021 @03:06PM
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Right, it should be "men and women were equally likely to seek political office and ..." to account for the sexes seeming to prefer different occupations.
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Re:Iceland almost gets female-majority parliament
by jwmhjwmh on Sunday September 26, 2021 @06:09PM
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that in my comment. In any case, I think there are many countries where the lower number of women in parliament is largely/partially due to systemic/social factors, as opposed to biological factors.
EDIT: To support my position, here are some non-biological factors which affect the proportion of female politicians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_government#Challenges...