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No_Hovercraft_9338 t1_ity2sba wrote

Reply to comment by Supertrinko in New Zealand women lawmakers outnumber men for the first time. by flabbywoofwoof

I thought most countries have more women then men?

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isawagoose t1_itymhtf wrote

Maybe, but a 1-2% difference isn't very meaningful, especially when you factor in census marigns of error, and how wildly census methods and degrees of accuracy vary between countries.

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No_Hovercraft_9338 t1_iu2m2ln wrote

> but a 1-2% difference isn't very meaningful

1%-2% is the difference between a political party coming to power or not. Wasn't BRitexit "won" by a 2% majority? Id there are more voting women than men does this mean we live in matriarchy?

>especially when you factor in census marigns of error

What factors would these be?

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Naxis25 t1_ity4p0p wrote

Yeah, I think they were just pointing it out from a local level or something along those lines

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Small-Explorer7025 t1_ityi60b wrote

Local?

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Naxis25 t1_ityy52t wrote

In terms of NZ. Basically, what the commenter was trying to express didn't require acknowledgement of the rest of the world.

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