Green MP Caroline Lucas calls for an all female emergency cabinet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49314840
I don't want to discuss the Brexit angle of this story. Please keep Brexit discussions to the Speakers Corner thread as they will simply get moderated out of this one. But what is distasteful about this story is how anyone thinks it's acceptable in 2019 for them to call for a cabinet made up of just one gender, at the blatant discrimination of the other.
By her implication she is suggesting that men are not as good as women at getting cooperation to find solutions. I can only imagine the uproar if this were switched around to say, for example, "Nigel Farage called for a cabinet of only men because they are more robust in times of disagreement".
Her call for a cabinet of only women is blatant discrimination and should be called out as such. I hope that her party don't agree with her position on this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49314840
I don't want to discuss the Brexit angle of this story. Please keep Brexit discussions to the Speakers Corner thread as they will simply get moderated out of this one. But what is distasteful about this story is how anyone thinks it's acceptable in 2019 for them to call for a cabinet made up of just one gender, at the blatant discrimination of the other.
"And I believe this should be a cabinet of women.
"Why women? Because I believe women have shown they can bring a different perspective to crises, are able to reach out to those they disagree with and cooperate to find solutions."
By her implication she is suggesting that men are not as good as women at getting cooperation to find solutions. I can only imagine the uproar if this were switched around to say, for example, "Nigel Farage called for a cabinet of only men because they are more robust in times of disagreement".
Her call for a cabinet of only women is blatant discrimination and should be called out as such. I hope that her party don't agree with her position on this.