I'm not happy with the idea of quotas for women in leadership, as Harriet Harman has suggested. But I'm not really happy with all-male leadership either. I feel pleased to have a senior politician who is actively raising questions about the poor state of gender equality in Britain at the moment. Things are vastly improved and I'm grateful, but there's a long way to go. It's nice to hear someone actually talking about it.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Rod Liddle is an idiot
It's been an interesting week for women in the news. Harriet Harman has been left in charge while Gordon Brown is on holiday and has shared a few thoughts about the current position of women in society and politics. This has been presented in the most sensationalist manner. 'Business and politics work better with both men and women in leadership' becomes 'Harriet Harman says men can't be left in charge'. Tanya Gold writes an interesting piece on how the response to Harriet Harman is misogynistic.
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The problem with parliament is that it comes across as so masculine. All that jeering and preening and power play. No wonder a lot of women (and men like me!) don't go into politics / don't get promoted up the ranks.
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