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Macron and Trudeau shouldn't be so proud of appointing women to their Cabinets

  • Written by Malliga Och, Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Languages, Idaho State University

Appointing a gender-parity Cabinet seems to be the thing to do if you are a rising, progressive and male political star.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did it in 2015. French President Emmanuel Macron followed this May.

The internet loves it. Trudeau has been the darling of feminists everywhere, and Macron clearly wants to follow in his...

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