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To: elmatador who wrote (2275)	11/20/2005 3:31:36 AM
From: regli	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217825

I personally am not opposed to quotas as long as the time horizon of its implementation is limited and a credible reevaluation is then undertaken. To affect change in any society is quite difficult and the establishment in most civilizations found ways to insure that change and therefore loss of influence and control would at best happen slowly if at all. Quotas despite their horrible reputation in establishment circles actually are the sledge hammer to affect change. They might not be the best means but often might be the only means to force the doors to open. Based on my personal experience, I don't think that racial integration in the workplace would ever have happened to the degree it has in the U.S. were it not for EEO. Similar statements can be made about access to education in India for the lower casts. Though Italy’s women have come a long way in the last thirty years, they clearly haven’t been able to penetrate the upper echelons of power. seattlepi.nwsource.com “Less than 10 percent of Italy's lawmakers are female - the second-lowest percentage in the European Union after Greece's 9 percent. In the United States, 15 percent of Congress is female - 14 senators and 67 members of the House of Representatives.” Obviously influence and access to money help significantly when running for office. Therefore it is not surprising that women and other minorities are not proportionally represented even at this time in most democracies.

To: elmatador who wrote (2275)	11/20/2005 4:19:02 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217825

ElM, Berlusconi and cronies are trying to get more women around them, which is understandable. Anyone who has spent time in an all-male environment knows how unpleasant, dull, crass, lifeless and vulgar it is. Berlusconi and his buddies want to have some chicks around to impress. <Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Cabinet approved planned legislation aimed at forcing parties to name a woman candidate for every three men running for election.> They would probably like to specify "must be foxes" or in Pommy parlance "must be fit". But that would be tactless. They will have to hope that the electoral system will weed out the hideous. As NZ has shown, if women want to play politics, they can. And they get elected. And they get to rule the roost. Whether they want to is another matter. I think that politics is turning into a female occupation and blokes should be out doing manly stuff in cyberspace, such as winning Unreal Tournament, or developing cerfing technology and geekware. In the old days, when the world was to be tamed and neighbouring tribes defeated, politics was a men's work and women ran the house. Now, a city is like a house, and cities are where people are and women naturally rule the house. Blokes get sent outside where they won't make too much mess. Blokes wearing an apron and sewing doilies is just not on. Even countryside is no longer wilderness. It's part of domesticity too. So women should rule there too. Mqurice