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In reply to the discussion: A number of my issues with the brand of Feminism on DU [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Not only do women make up a greater share of the electorate, they show up to vote in greater numbers. That means they have more political power than men. The Democratic Party is well aware of this and courts that demographic. Women elected Obama. Men did not. Nobody can legally vote for anyone else. If anyone votes for someone based on what anyone else told them, that's certainly their prerogative.
As far as members of congress being whatever gender, lots of employment situations are disproportionate by gender simply because different genders gravitate to different jobs. What's the theory on why 90% of registered nurses are female? When people are allowed to chose what career fields they want, men and women are going to self-segregate to various degrees for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with discrimination. Assuming all or any segregations are due to discrimination, is just that, an assumption.
Volunteer for a campaign sometime and you'll find more women doing most of the leg work for actually getting candidates elected. My theory is that women are smart enough to support candidates that represent their interests regardless of what sexual hardware they were born with. I don't really think women's interests will be better served with more Michelle Bachmanns and less Sherrod Browns. YMMV.