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Andrew,
I'm not sure I quite understand you. If you are saying that if 10% (just to pick a number) of parlimentarians are women then 10% of senior positions should go to women I can see your point. The question then arises, why are <<50% of parlimentarians women? I can see a few possible reasons:
- women I are less interested in politics (I don't believe that)
- women have fewer role models in politics and less history of participating in politics (both true)
- political parties (especially the major parties) have a bias against women (probably still true but the situation is improving rapidly)
- women, as the primary care givers in society, have more difficulty in developing a career, in business or politics (true but again the situation is improving)
- a general diffuse feeling that running the world is the men's job (also true but changing)
Whatever the reason, society needs to address this imbalance. Until we do we are wasting talent, and talent in politics is something we don't have in excess.
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