Women in Politics, Reflective

After learning about feminism's perspective in IR I have come to the conclusion that, for the most part, much of what women think and feel has been ignored to certain degrees that have proven to marginalize the overall effectiveness of governments. Over half the world's population is comprised of women and to have much of their views not represented in government is very undemocratic and or short sighted. I believe everything works better in balance and to have little female representation and opinion in government is very bad. We then create a system of communication and understanding based on male dominated views. This makes it as though females have to overcompensate for their "nature" and prove they are tougher than many males in government. This just leads to making everything worse because instead of having a compliment we just get more extreme.
Now, I am not sure on the correct statistics, I think Meredith would know, but I think that women are trusted over men concerning receiving micro loans because they are proven to be more responsible. This is indicative of real life in many cases. I think that there are differences between men and women and that these differences need to be understood and appreciated through cooperative dialogue and action. When this is effectively practiced and men start to care about women and their voice concerning our world then more progressive change will occur.