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Women Should Outnumber Men in Politics

Politics is a profession that is not supposed to provide income. This is a line for social service and not to generate income. However, it is quite surprising that men who are supposed to have regular income to support a family are more into politics. In India, women are generally not income earners and thus financially more in alignment with the political roles but they are so few in this line. This discrepancy is one of the basic causes of corruption as the main bread earner is into something that is not to create profit/income. This has an inbuilt mechanism for subversion and hypocrisy and lots of ills.

If politics is to serve the people, women are better suited for this as service and compassion will find a natural home in women than in men. But the truth is that in practice politics is all about upmanship and taking credit for doing nothing and thus men have overrun this field.

 

If things are to change more women will have to come to politics. This will also improve the overall sensitivity score of the political system and bring lots of creativity to the problem-solving approach. I am sure things will change for the better and the gender ratio will improve, though not sure what the triggers will be.  

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