This week, my interviewee and I discussed how laws would be different if congress was 80% female, instead of the other way around. My partner said that social issues would be more balanced, and that we would see much less discrimination. We had a conversation about how women are more sensitive to issues of oppression because women have been oppressed by men for such a long time. She went on talking about gay rights, abortion rights, birth control, etc. She believed that gays would have an easier time marrying, and that marriage equality would be in existence in every state. We also discussed that women would have an easier time accessing abortions, and that traditional points of view would be much less prevalent. Additionally, birth control would be covered under insurance without question. We essentially came to the same conclusion that the United States would be better off if congress had more women.
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