WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT!

Ross Dolan

Ross Dolan

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It is my opinion that we need more women in the governing process.

I think the senate should be split down the middle…within the next couple of decades. A constitutional amendment requiring one seat for a woman and one for a man from each state should be passed. (Gender reassignment specifics could be included.)

States with two men or two woman at the time of passage could be grandfathered (grandmothered) in…so that the change does not have to be immediate...and does not have to impact on incumbants. (Funny thing: grandfathered in that sentence had no problem from spellcheck. Grandmothered got underlined.)

Same thing could be worked out for the House…although obviously that would present special difficulties.

We NEED more women involved in governance. I personally think governance would be improved with the inclusion of more women. Less testosterone may equal better government.

Time to make the move.

Your opinion?
 
I always had the feeling that if we had more women we might have fewer wars. I would be disappointed if we had more women and they were as aggressive and wasteful as the men are. Hard to forget Thatcher.
 
Nordberg said:
I always had the feeling that if we had more women we might have fewer wars. I would be disappointed if we had more women and they were as aggressive and wasteful as the men are. Hard to forget Thatcher.
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If you believe that men and women are EQUAL then it stands to reason that they can make the same mistakes
 
Nordberg said:
I always had the feeling that if we had more women we might have fewer wars. I would be disappointed if we had more women and they were as aggressive and wasteful as the men are. Hard to forget Thatcher.
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Yup. As prime minister...she was Iron!

I think your original expectations are more realistic, though.
 
Teflon Don said:
If you believe that men and women are EQUAL then it stands to reason that they can make the same mistakes
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I, for one, do not think they are equal.

Men are shitheads at a far higher rate than women.

Look at you, for instance.

And look at your avatar.
 
Teflon Don said:
If you believe that men and women are EQUAL then it stands to reason that they can make the same mistakes
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Equal how? They are equal in rights and abilities. But women are much less aggressive than males. That is overall, not specific to a man or woman. However, we are discussing the impact of lots more women.
 
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@ post one.

I think government and business should generally look like the people they represent or serve.

I don't think hard-and-fast quotas actually would legal or effective.

I think aspirational goals, with some implementation mechanisms like AA is fine.

What it boils down to is that society needs to accept that mediocre and subpar white men are not entitled to be advantaged. In employment, in government, in academia. Society would be much better served if mediocre white men would be replaced by more capable women or POC.

And all you have to do is look at Congress, Wall Street, and corporate boards to realize there are a shitload of mediocre white dudes being disproportionately being given voice in decision-making institutions.

I think we are going to have to forget about Republicans ever accepting a meritocracy. All you have to do is read a representative sampling of wingnut posts on this board, from subpar white dudes, who appear to think they deserve privilege and are entitled a seat at the head of the table.

But I think the rest of society can be made to view a meritocracy as in our best interests. There is no way that corporate boards which are, what, like 90 percent male, are providing a cross section of the nation's true human capabilities and talent. The GOP congressional delegation is, what, 90 percent men?? That is not a meritocracy. I sure as shit do not want to work with subpar white dudes, or subpar anyone of any gender or color.
 
Teflon Don said:
If you believe that men and women are EQUAL then it stands to reason that they can make the same mistakes
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Tefly O boy don't be so harsh with our Frank... she is fickle me thinks;) ergo let us be sensitive to intuitions.


EXHIBIT 1
Kavanaugh's Female Clerks Tout His Advocacy for Female Lawyers
"In our view, the judge has been one of the strongest advocates in the federal judiciary for women lawyers," 18 female former law clerks to Brett Kavanaugh said in a letter Thursday to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

By Mike Scarcella and Marcia Coyle | July 12, 2018
https://www.law.com/nationallawjour...cy-for-women-lawyers/?slreturn=20180912204804

EXHIBIT 2
Justice Kavanaugh’s Law Clerks Are All Women, a First for the Supreme Court
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, confirmed to the Supreme Court amid fiery accusations of sexual misconduct against women, arrived Tuesday for his first day on the bench with an unprecedented all-female class of law clerks.

As a result, more than half of the Supreme Court’s law clerks this year will — for the first time in American history — be women.

Former colleagues of Justice Kavanaugh have described a longstanding reputation of promoting women in law. During his 12 years at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the majority of Justice Kavanaugh’s law clerks were women — 25 of 48 — and during his confirmation hearings he testified that he graduated more of them to clerkships at the Supreme Court than any other federal judge.

Supreme Court clerkships — among the most coveted credentials in American law — offer young lawyers unusual influence over the court’s proceedings. There are about 36 law clerks each term, and they offer recommendations on which cases to hear, help prepare the justices for oral arguments and draft major portions of the opinions and dissents.
The clerks often graduate into prolific careers in government, academia and major law firms; eight throughout history have gone on to serve on the Supreme Court, including Justice Kavanaugh, who served as a law clerk from 1993 to 1994 for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, whom he is replacing.

Justice Kavanaugh’s first Supreme Court clerks graduated from top law schools and worked as clerks for conservative federal judges. One worked for Justice Kavanaugh on the appeals court; the other three worked for prominent appeals court judges appointed by Republican presidents.

These are the four women who will serve in the role for Justice Kavanaugh this year....


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/kavanaugh-women-law-clerks.html


Ooo la la.

Ruthy G. is a SCOTUS.I.L.F
 
bhaktajan said:
Tefly O boy don't be so harsh with our Frank... she is fickle me thinks;) ergo let us be sensitive to intuitions.


EXHIBIT 1
Kavanaugh's Female Clerks Tout His Advocacy for Female Lawyers
"In our view, the judge has been one of the strongest advocates in the federal judiciary for women lawyers," 18 female former law clerks to Brett Kavanaugh said in a letter Thursday to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

By Mike Scarcella and Marcia Coyle | July 12, 2018
https://www.law.com/nationallawjour...cy-for-women-lawyers/?slreturn=20180912204804

EXHIBIT 2
Justice Kavanaugh’s Law Clerks Are All Women, a First for the Supreme Court
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, confirmed to the Supreme Court amid fiery accusations of sexual misconduct against women, arrived Tuesday for his first day on the bench with an unprecedented all-female class of law clerks.

As a result, more than half of the Supreme Court’s law clerks this year will — for the first time in American history — be women.

Former colleagues of Justice Kavanaugh have described a longstanding reputation of promoting women in law. During his 12 years at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the majority of Justice Kavanaugh’s law clerks were women — 25 of 48 — and during his confirmation hearings he testified that he graduated more of them to clerkships at the Supreme Court than any other federal judge.

Supreme Court clerkships — among the most coveted credentials in American law — offer young lawyers unusual influence over the court’s proceedings. There are about 36 law clerks each term, and they offer recommendations on which cases to hear, help prepare the justices for oral arguments and draft major portions of the opinions and dissents.
The clerks often graduate into prolific careers in government, academia and major law firms; eight throughout history have gone on to serve on the Supreme Court, including Justice Kavanaugh, who served as a law clerk from 1993 to 1994 for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, whom he is replacing.

Justice Kavanaugh’s first Supreme Court clerks graduated from top law schools and worked as clerks for conservative federal judges. One worked for Justice Kavanaugh on the appeals court; the other three worked for prominent appeals court judges appointed by Republican presidents.

These are the four women who will serve in the role for Justice Kavanaugh this year....


https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/us/politics/kavanaugh-women-law-clerks.html


Ooo la la.

Ruthy G. is a SCOTUS.I.L.F
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So do you have a point about how he treats women outside the court and how he treated them his whole life? That was what the hearing was about. That is what the debate was.
 
That was what the POSTPONEMENT was about.

That was what the POSTPONEMENT was

"His" supreme epic righteous indignation that manifested in emotion ...
was due 100 Billion percent ...
to the effects it projected upon ...
"His" TWO young daughters.

Now Please insert your debate here
 
If you mandate gender 'equality', will that lead to racial 'equality' and Religious 'equality'?

You know, so many Hispanics, so many Hindus. So many LGBTs?
 
Jack said:
If you mandate gender 'equality', will that lead to racial 'equality' and Religious 'equality'?

You know, so many Hispanics, so many Hindus. So many LGBTs?
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Not necessarily.

In any case, more women in the legislative area is a thing whose time has come.

My opinion is that we will all be the better for it...men and women.
 
Jack said:
Just being the gadfly here and tossing that out.
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Okay.

I actually agree that it is something to be considered.

But I think the benefits of more women in government outweighs the possible problem of others asking for greater representation.
 
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