there wouldn't be gridlock if Washington had more women, my friends...just look at Rwanda's Congress

[basquebromance]

A whopping 49 of the 80 members of the Rwanda Chamber of Deputies are female. Yet only 127 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives are female. If the goal is to put more women into national legislatures, Rwanda shows that quotas work. But whether quotas give women real political and social power is more complicated.

These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

How very sexist of you.
To suggest that women would do better than men based solely because they are women.
Anyone who thinks that, is by definition a sexist.

 

[BuckToothMoron]

Rwanda? Really? A tiny African country (there are 6 states in this country with more people) with a gdp almost 100 times smaller per capita than the US, that’s who we are going to model ourselves after? Why do you post such idiotic things?

 

[basquebromance]

Rwanda? Really? A tiny African country (there are 6 states in this country with more people) with a gdp almost 100 times smaller per capita than the US, that’s who we are going to model ourselves after? Why do you post such idiotic things?

politico posted it

 

[BuckToothMoron]

No, you’re the OP. You posted the story they wrote. Technically the thread should be killed because you only quoted and linked without comment.

 

[basquebromance]

"no matter where you are born, your life will be harder if you are born a girl" - Melinda Gates

 

[Blues Man]

A whopping 49 of the 80 members of the Rwanda Chamber of Deputies are female. Yet only 127 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives are female. If the goal is to put more women into national legislatures, Rwanda shows that quotas work. But whether quotas give women real political and social power is more complicated.

These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?

Gridlock in government is a good thing.

The less the government does the the better it is for all of us

 

[NightFox]

A whopping 49 of the 80 members of the Rwanda Chamber of Deputies are female. Yet only 127 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives are female. If the goal is to put more women into national legislatures, Rwanda shows that quotas work. But whether quotas give women real political and social power is more complicated.

These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?

Yeah, good idea, let's emulate Rwanda....

One second thought let's not because it's fucking RWANDA !!

Besides, the females that we do have in the U.S. Congress have proven one thing, that women are just as corrupt, incompetent and deceptive as men.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Isn't gridlock increasing as more women join Congress?

 

[NightFox]

Isn't gridlock increasing as more women join Congress?

FYI:
Correlation does not imply causation.

 

[Weatherman2020]

A whopping 49 of the 80 members of the Rwanda Chamber of Deputies are female. Yet only 127 of the 435 members of the House of Representatives are female. If the goal is to put more women into national legislatures, Rwanda shows that quotas work. But whether quotas give women real political and social power is more complicated.

These 5 Places Tried Bold Political Experiments. Did They Work?

If you think Rwanda is the pinnacle of places to live, yes use quotas.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Isn't gridlock increasing as more women join Congress?

The system is designed for gridlock. If the Fed government responded to every wild hair up the butt, the laws coming out like confetti would cripple the nation.
The original intent is to only have critical issues we all agree upon be addressed.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Isn't gridlock increasing as more women join Congress?

FYI:
Correlation does not imply causation.

Smoke, fire, sing along.