No - but there should be supports and incentives in place to encourage women into politics and the cultural issues relating to gender in parliament and elsewhere in the government sector need to be dealt with so that more women feel safe and valued in the field. It is all well and good to say 'no, the most qualified candidate should get the position regardless of gender', but it's clear that there are plenty of occasions where men are encouraged in their pursuit of politics above equally or more qualified women, and where women have been bullied, have experienced blatant misogyny, or even sexual harassment in the field of politics and this makes them less likely to continue or be promoted, which has nothing whatsoever to do with qualification and everything to do with toxic long-term culture.
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