Outrage alone is not enough to achieve political equality
To greatly increase the number of women in politics, changes that run deeper than the current electoral ‘pink wave’ will be needed, write and .
A record number of American women are running for elected office in 2018, many of them motivated by outrage over US president Donald Trump’s policies and attitudes. But running is not winning, and outrage alone cannot produce the kind of steady progress needed to achieve political equality. To produce a substantial increase in the number of women in Congress, changes that run deeper than the current electoral “pink wave” will be needed.
