More good news from Spain - the country where they studied women’s clothing sizes in high street shops, proved it’s all nonsense, and have now sat down with the major retailers to start making sense of such things!
There are now more women than men in the Spanish cabinet. The fact that in this supposed age of equality that shouldn’t be news can for now be ignored. The fact that we in Ireland are so far down the list of the percentage of women in parliament is something that can’t be. But is.
I wonder how long it would take us to achieve that same level of representation? Another 50 years? Longer?
And perhaps a better question: How many of those nine women in cabinet are named Maria?
[Answer: One]
In related news, Berlusconi’s first act since his election seems to have been to pour scorn on this new cabinet of women. I’m going to hope it’s a case of misinterpretation. What are the chances?
