by Washington Post
"Where women call the shots The nation’s first majority-female legislature is currently meeting in Nevada. Carson City may never be the same.She didn’t plan to say it. Yvanna Cancela, a newly elected Democrat in the Nevada Senate, didn’t want to “sound crass.” But when a Republican colleague defended a century-old law requiring doctors to ask women seeking abortions whether they’re married, Cancela couldn’t help firing back.
“A man is not asked his marital status before he gets a vasectomy,” she countered — and the packed hearing room fell silent. (One aspect of a female-dominated political environment seems to be an obsession with put-downs, insults and so-called profundities that are usually the product of false premises, straw men and a desire to be repeated rather than understood. Commenter) (Commenter: actually men are asked their marital status. At least 15 years ago they were. and their wives had to sign waivers.)
Since Nevada seated the nation’s first majority-female state legislature in January, the male old guard has been shaken up by the perspectives of female lawmakers. Bills prioritizing women’s health and safety have soared to the top of the agenda. Mounting reports of sexual harassment have led one male lawmaker to resign. And policy dCancela, 32, is part of the wave of women elected by both parties in November, many of them younger than 40. Today, women hold the majority with 23 seats in the Assembly and 10 in the Senate, or a combined 52 percent.
Debates long dominated by men, including prison reform and gun safety, are yielding to female voices . . . "
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...=.cb06689ebc68
Commenter: (Yeeaaaah, that’s gonna turn to sh*t REAL fast...)