Japan
routinely does poorly in gender equality surveys, finishing near the bottom of
OECD member countries. A significant contributor to such outcomes is the
paucity of female Diet members, languishing around 10% of the total.
Is
primogeniture one of the problems there? After all, it’s much easier to prevail
in a single-seat district than the broader economic marketplace.
2 comments:
Thanks for this - it's explained a few things I wasn't sure about.
Rafmoh: I go over this subject in more detail here: http://son-of-gadfly-on-the-wall.blogspot.jp/2014/12/election-2014-close-gender-gap-in-diet.html. It also includes sarcasm in the form of a proposal.
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