St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-woman city council for the first time in its history — and experts say it may be the largest U.S. city to ever have an all-woman council.

St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-woman city council for the first time in its history — and experts say it may be the largest U.S. city to ever have an all-woman council.

  • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
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    11 months ago

    My guess is that they will what any other city council would do. I don’t think being all-female will suddenly change their politics. While it’s an interesting fact I would say that expecting all-female council to govern differently than other councils is a little bit sexist.

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
      3·
      11 months ago

      I don’t think it’s sexist to think that people from a different background and life experience may have a different take on policies. At least, I hope they do! It could be a nice change for the city.

      • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Sure, women can have different life experience regarding crime or healthcare but city council can focus on those issues when it’s majority female or simply has female mayor, right? The sexist part is focusing on ‘all-female’ part and thinking that they will somehow behave differently now that there’s no men around.