Prof. Magdalena Środa gave an interview to “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” in which she looks for reasons why women are less likely than men to vote.
One of the reasons would be the discouragement that the current government and politics are the domain of men.
If I were to look at politics like the one the ruling party has been practicing for the past eight years (and young people know no different), I would be discouraged from politics in general because I would see it primarily as the domain of men brutally fighting each other. And that’s why many women don’t want anything to do with it; such policies do not solve their affairs or interests, but are a power struggle for the authorities
– says Prof. Wednesday.
If the party supporting Ms Środa had been in power in recent years, the sociologist would probably have noted the role women played in politics. And he prefers to keep his eyes wide open.
One woman, Beata Szydło, was the prime minister and head of President Andrzej Duda’s campaign. The head of the President’s Chancellery is a woman: Grażyna Ignaczak-Bandych. The second person in the state, the Chairman of the Sejm – Elżbieta Witek, is also a woman. The Family 500 plus program was introduced by a woman – Elżbieta Rafalska, today a woman – Marlena Maląg – also continues this work, and another woman – Barbara Socha, prepared a demographic strategy for Poland. The Minister of Finance was Teresa Czerwińska, and there is Magdalena Rzeczkowska, who was appointed Chief Inspector of Customs and Tax Administration in the General Corps by the President of the Republic of Poland in April 2022.
There are many more great women in Polish politics and government. The head of BGK is a woman – Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, just like the head of ZUS – Gertruda Uścińska. There is no shortage of women in government. There are Anna Moskwa, Anna Schimdt, Anna Krupka, Izabela Antos, Anna Łukaszewska-Trzeciakowska, Olga Semeniuk Patkowska, Jadwiga Emilewicz. There are great MPs on the parliamentary benches of the PiS and United Right clubs. It is a pity that they are invisible to Mrs Środa.
According to Prof. Wednesday
Many women prefer a family to a democracy, without realizing that the family is much better in a democracy.
I do not at all understand the false choice between family and democracy, but it is worth noting that thanks to the democratic decision of 2015, the lives of families have changed dramatically in recent years, including: because of social programs that were the fulfillment of an election promise.
I find it difficult to understand why women who value family are so willingly attacked by women with Ms Środa’s views. Some time ago the Generation Institute prepared an interesting study on the so-called Czech success. The Czech Republic managed to overcome the negative trend of declining fertility. One of the reasons turned out to be cultural factors. Interestingly, almost half of Czechs (48%) agree with the view that having and raising children is a duty to society. In Poland, only 22% of the population agrees with this opinion, and as many as 55% have the opposite opinion (in the Czech Republic only 1/5). Therefore, the work of parents in raising a child is much more appreciated in the Czech Republic than in Poland. Women there feel that when they put their professional work on hold for a few years to care for a child, they are doing something that is just as important, if not more so, than their professional work. Secondly, they are not negatively received by society or commented on, which means that parents who give up work to raise children and receive social benefits for this reason are at the expense of the rest of society. In the Czech Republic, such a story simply does not exist. Meanwhile, we remember what happened in Poland when the 500 plus program was introduced.
If Polish mothers weren’t attacked so often by feminists, they might enjoy motherhood more. Although I don’t think most of them care about the activists’ biting comments.
Source: wPolityce