I think the time is more than ripe to apply the same standards when it comes to pushing for more gender parity. This brings me to the public economics view on the link between gender and economic policymaking.
The reason why economic policy-making needs to play an active role in enhancing gender parity - and here I refer to gender parity in more general terms, beyond the mere composition of decision-making bodies - is certainly not limited to the “benefit of the doubt”type argument mentioned above.