There’s big discussions in my country right now whether one should introduce a women’s quota for political positions, e.g. requiring at least 50% of the elected politicians to be female. While I’m not that much interested in such a discussion in a bourgeois state, it did make me think about how this would be tackled in a socialist state. China comes to mind, where women in the congress are still a very clear minority. Thoughts?
Cuba has no such rules, and Women are very close to the ideal representation in congress. I think we should study exactly why women in Cuba have more political power compared to China, where women are underrepresented, but similar levels to the USA. Once we see the differences between Cuba and other places, we can resolve the conditions that block women from entering politics, or if purely a cultural issue, then we can consider quotas, though I doubt the reason is purely cultural.