<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. This means Denmark is now led by 48 percent women.</p><p>I too voted for a woman. Not because she was a woman, but because she was the most qualified. </p><p>In general, there has been far fewer political scandals with women over the years, and it has been my impression that more women are well prepared, they are more hard working, while some men are more focused on press coverage and social media visibility.</p><p><img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2665.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--hearts" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="♥" alt="♥" />️🧘<img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fb.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-2" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏻" alt="🏻" />‍<img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2640.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--female_sign" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="♀" alt="♀" />️<img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3c3.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--runner" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏃" alt="🏃" /><img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" />‍<img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2640.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--female_sign" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="♀" alt="♀" />️🤱<img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=94543ec6bc6" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/faf0d8bd-aa34-4e92-960c-5656f430b3c4/tuesday-the-danes-elected-86-female-members-to-the-parliament-the-folketinget.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:05:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/faf0d8bd-aa34-4e92-960c-5656f430b3c4.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:42:58 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:33:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/randahl%40mastodon.social">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> I'm not sure I agree on that count, however, we do have a bunch of male loud mouthes spouting nonsense at the top of their longues, so what do i know.</p><p>That said: my current favorite politicians are women</p><p>And watching Lars Løkkes speech on election night was an awful experience. Smug bastard. He's a well skilled politician, i just really don't like his politics.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/rasmus91/statuses/116299977674125648</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/rasmus91/statuses/116299977674125648</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[rasmus91@fosstodon.org]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:33:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:27:13 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>I don't focus on gender as much as you do. I just vote for who I like. I don't keep track of, or even check, what the percentages are</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople/statuses/116299951836993730</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LoseFriendsandAlienatePeople/statuses/116299951836993730</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[losefriendsandalienatepeople@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:27:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:25:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/drahardja%40sfba.social">@<span>drahardja</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/randahl%40mastodon.social">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> </p><p>Not only that. When it's a scandal with a woman, the bar is soo much lower. For example Toblerone-affären in Sweden. I think the total sum of that one was at the end negative because she had already paid back too much.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/eq/statuses/116299944142160930</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/eq/statuses/116299944142160930</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[eq@mas.to]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:25:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:24:46 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/francoisprague%40mastodon.social">@<span>FrancoisPrague</span></a></span> </p><p>I wonder how much of this is because of upbringing and group pressure from early age? I doubt we as a specie are that different between sexes by nature...</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/eq/statuses/116299942201651919</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/eq/statuses/116299942201651919</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[eq@mas.to]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:24:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:20:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/randahl%40mastodon.social">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> </p><p>Yeah, you would expect that to be considered a good thing, especially if you are a woman and want equal representation. </p><p>But no. Oh no. That would have been way to easy.</p><p>So, today there is an article on tv2.dk where a woman is complaining about the fact that yes, they are women - but they are YOUNG women - or at least younger than her, and clearly that is no good. </p><p><a href="https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/politik/2026-02-26-folketingsvalg-2026/vraget-s-kandidat-kritiserer-fokus-paa-unge-kvinder?entry=af04f6e0-08e8-401a-b924-153f548be4b5" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>nyheder.tv2.dk/live/politik/20</span><span>26-02-26-folketingsvalg-2026/vraget-s-kandidat-kritiserer-fokus-paa-unge-kvinder?entry=af04f6e0-08e8-401a-b924-153f548be4b5</span></a></p><p>Yesterday, a male member of another party also took issue with the number of young women that has been elected. We had to understand that at least three of these young women were elected because they were a 10 on the "sexual marketing value scale", whatever that is supposed to mean, and not because they were the next Winston Churchill (his words, not mine). </p><p>This is a no-win situation. </p><p>If an almost equal representation between men and women in government is being rejected as a bad thing by both men and women, because some of the women are young and pretty, things have gone into absurd territory. </p><p>I sincerely hope that those are the extreme outliers - otherwise we need to start screening candidates, so we get an equal representation of ugly people as well. And overweight. And bald. And redheads. And hunchbacks. And left handed. And...</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/116299923806221461</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/116299923806221461</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[madsenandersc@social.vivaldi.net]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:20:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:08:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/randahl%40mastodon.social">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> how's the forming a government? Will the left-center stay in power or will we see the racists get power?</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aho/statuses/116299879649936449</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aho/statuses/116299879649936449</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[aho@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:08:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:56:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/randahl%40mastodon.social">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> I’d assume that politicians with empathy are very likely to be less corrupt. And in average, women are more empathetic than men.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116299832165979223</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116299832165979223</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[francoisprague@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:56:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Tuesday the Danes elected 86 female members to the Parliament, the Folketinget. on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:45:51 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/randahl%40mastodon.social">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> I mean, the VAST majority of wars have been caused by men, so…</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/drahardja/statuses/116299789186742246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/drahardja/statuses/116299789186742246</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[drahardja@sfba.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:45:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>