@inbook{10.3138/j.ctt2ttzrt.11, ISBN = {9781442600546}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt2ttzrt.11}, abstract = {Anyone concerned about women’s equality must still count numbers, although numbers certainly are not all that count. Attention needs also to be given to policy issues, as well as to broadening the range of people selected and the diversity of political perspectives aired. Until the numbers of women elected approach gender parity, however, the quality of representation will remain constrained by sex and race bias and the discrimination and artificial narrowing of viewpoints that implies. Equality between the genders remains an important political goal because it remains a key indicator of social change. Much work remains to be done if}, author = {LINDA TRIMBLE and JANE ARSCOTT}, booktitle = {Still Counting: Women in Politics Across Canada}, edition = {2}, pages = {157--164}, publisher = {University of Toronto Press}, title = {Conclusion: Halfway to Equal?}, year = {2008} }