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🗓️ 22 January 2019
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0:00.0 | Tonight we discuss why gender representation in government is BS. I'm roaming |
0:09.5 | millennial and you're watching uncensored. Hey guys, welcome back to the show. |
0:27.0 | Today we're going to be talking about female politicians. |
0:30.0 | Now, as someone who is a woman, I've always found it very interesting how they left so often pushes |
0:35.8 | for getting more females into elected positions. |
0:38.6 | And don't get me wrong, I totally believe that women should be able to do whatever job they |
0:42.3 | want, including being a politician. |
0:44.4 | But when you talk to progressives, they so often frame this issue as not just the importance |
0:48.8 | of gender equality and women being able to take opportunities, but also the idea that female politicians are able |
0:55.1 | to represent the interests of their female constituents better than a male politician would be able to. |
1:00.5 | And it's funny because I know the concept of representative government is an important one, |
1:04.7 | but I'm pretty sure that it usually refers to being representative of ideas and values and interests |
1:10.7 | and not necessarily just representative of having people with the same genitals that you have |
1:16.2 | also be in office. And you know what, I actually think that a lot of people on the left, |
1:20.0 | especially those who support social justice, kind of see those issues as one that if you want to represent someone's interest then yeah |
1:27.5 | You do need to share either their sex or religion or gender or sexuality or something. |
1:33.0 | Personally speaking as someone who is female and conservative, which honestly most women aren't, I think that is ridiculous. |
1:41.0 | As a person, my interest when it comes to government are things like national security, |
1:45.7 | immigration, low taxes, being able to run a small business how I see fit. |
1:50.1 | And I really don't think the fact that I have a uterus and |
1:53.7 | Vajine factors into that almost almost at all really but you know what I am |
1:59.3 | fully open to the idea that I am wrong about this maybe in order for my interest to be represented in the government, |
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