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		sooheon on June 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real... Women aren't 50% of politics. It's not a terrible Bayesian prior to say he. (as someone who says "they" for hypothetical humans)

yaj54 on June 2, 2020 [–]

But when done systemically it likely creates the expectation that politics is done only or mostly by men, therefore discouraging women from entering politics now and in the future. Which, I would argue, is a substantial net negative.

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