[hutzlibu]

What I am missing is, that women do actually get pregnant at times. And when they do, they have rightfully other things on their mind. Now becoming a father is surely something that got my mind busy, too, but I was still able to give 100% the whole time, without vomitting on the toilet, or having to spend the day in bed. Meaning I could have done a political campaign in that time, but my female partner physically could have not.

So demanding 50/50 either requires even more effort from the women, meaning giving birth to children AND pursue 100% (political) career - or it means, lowering standards because of sex? Meaning voting for someone because of sex and not because of competence. (sounds like sexism, no?)

In other words, it is complicated and I try to for myself to just focus on the competence on the person and not their gender (or race,...).

[geofft]

Iceland's current parliament has an average age of 49. https://data.ipu.org/content/iceland?chamber_id=13425

The average age of childbirth in Iceland is 31. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tps00017/defa...

So I think there is plenty of time for women to get pregnant and then get elected.

[hutzlibu]

There is something called "opportunity cost". Small kids demand more, than just physical inconvenience during pregnancy. And small kids usually require their mother. (I cannot breast feed for example and mother milk is still quite superior to the industrial milk, but it is about more than that)

So all of it is time and energy, that could not be invested into a political career.

Have a baby and be out of the game for some time and you will have to struggle to catch up to those, who did not have a baby.

So I find it not surprising, that we do not have 50/50 for leadership positions, as they usually require intense effort, before reaching that. (networking, building skills, reputation ...)

So should we find ways, to support women more, to not "just be mothers", but also going other ways? Absolutely. But maybe we can start with not degrading women who are "just mothers" - as being a good mum, can be a 24h job. So I think the idea that women should be mothers AND have successful careers (and preferable both at once), just creates uncecessary pressure and stress. And the 50/50 idea creates that, in my opinion.