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‹ Order of Business Gender quotas in the arts
Summary
Senator Wilson supports gender equality but opposes quotas for female playwrights, arguing that creative opportunities should be based on merit; Senator O’Keeffe says exclusion remains the problem.
We are in danger of taking the gender debate to a ridiculous level when it would lose its impact.
That is my personal opinion.
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There are great female authors.
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I am not suggesting there are not but to suggest that a certain quota should be reserved on a gender basis is ridiculous-----
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-----and takes this whole debate-----
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Exclusion is what the problem is. Exclusion is the problem-----
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-----to a level that will undermine the entire debate.