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girls_die_pretty t1_itpyge0 wrote

Reply to comment by CthuluTheGrand in Women will have equal share of seats in [New Zealand] Parliament with Soraya Peke-Mason's swearing-in by giblefog

Why is it forced? All these people have been democratically elected

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foukehi t1_itpznix wrote

It's forced in the sense that it's not purely based on merit, but also on gender. Which is dumb. Following your logic, even if they impose 100% men, they would still be democratically elected. Does that make it not discriminatory?

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girls_die_pretty t1_itq04lt wrote

Sorry, are you under the impression that there are women only electorates or something? This is just part of a steady increase since the 70s.

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cuckboysquarenuts t1_itq3q1t wrote

no, that wasnt his point, lets say 450 women apply and 280 men apply, better qualified women would be displaced because of the 50/50 quotas and viceversa with the genders reversed therefore lowering the quality of the candidates.

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girls_die_pretty t1_itq430n wrote

What quotas are you referring to that are supposedly in play in this instance? Our Parliament doesn't have a gender quota

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cuckboysquarenuts t1_itq4gcb wrote

i mean, the quota in the article. or did i missread it and it only happens that they hit a perfect 50/50 split? if so i think its amazing news but the title is poorly phrased.

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girls_die_pretty t1_itq5ylf wrote

You're going to have to quote it directly because there is literally no quota mentioned in the article. It literally just says it's hit a 50/50 split based on MPs being elected in, there is no quota system in place saying it had to be so.

To spell it out, a quota would be if there was a law saying 50% of Parliament must be female. There is no such thing.

The most recent woman has been sworn is after a male candidate resigned, and she won the by-election for the seat he left vacant.

There are no seats only women are allowed to run in. They all got in on merit.

Parliament is 50/50 male and female. Both genders ran and this was the fully democratic result.

3 of our last 4 Prime Ministers have been women, and our current Deputy PM is gay. Still no quota there either.

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foukehi t1_itrb7yy wrote

My bad then. I also misunderstood the title. I thought this was about quotas being in place. If it just randomly happens that they hit 50 50 then nothing is wrong with it obviously. On the other hand, and while i understand some people's need to celebrate such an event, i personally believe that real equality means not caring what people do with their lives, or in this instance, whether we achieve a 50/50 split at a given job or position.

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DomesticApe23 t1_itrjjrw wrote

And yet here you are caring incorrectly all over the place. Also known as 'letting your dick hang out'.

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