Canada's Long Path To Gender Parity

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...of gender parity and to bring to light political and social changes has been at the heart of modern debates. Audrey McLaughlin, in A Woman's Place, argued that while electing women in political positions in Canada's House of Commons may not "change the world, it will go a long way towards helping women see themselves in a more positive light..." (200). Even so, researches have recognized that women represent only a fraction of most governing bodies and countries like Canada have done little to reduce the gender gap in their parliaments.
Why is this the case? Why do countries like Canada struggle with the process of gender parity? What role do women play in supporting existing normative structures? And how, if at all, can political change be realized. McLaughlin would argue that there is a need for a reconceptualization of the role of womenluding a new view of how women function in the political body. The positive changes, though, that women can bring about if supported in political change are notable. "Perhaps women can begin to change...

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