By targeting the over-representation of men in public life,an LSE report cleverly undermines the understanding women are the problem Imposing quotas by law to drive up the number of women in senior roles and public life is a recommendation of final resort. The authors of Tuesday’s report from the LSE’s Commission on Gender Inequality are under no illusion approximately the shower of outrage that will rain down on their heads over their big understanding. But they are right to argue it is the only way left to tackle the persistent dominance of white men at the top of every one of the major centres of power in the UK. Their insight is to identify the over-representation of men rather than the under-representation of women as the way to understand the problem that needs to be tackled.
There aren’t many people left who truly believe that the unshakable grip that white men still have on most of the levers of power is a reflection of their innate ((adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in) superiority. Westminster, Whitehall, and the City and public bodies all acknowledge that greater diversity is both a matter of justice and a contribution to better decision making.
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Source: theguardian.com