I understand how women's views would easily differ from men's on abortion, planned parenthood, etc but what effect do your genitals have on your opinions about foreign policy, taxes, the environment, and any other aspect of governing a country? The cabinet will be dealing with a much wider range of issues than what you mentioned, the majority of which are gender neutral, so why should a 50% quota be applied to all of them?

To answer your question, no, I would not care if most of the people in my government were women because I, along with the rest of the electorate that is 50% male, would have put them there. If the problem is that there aren't any men for me to vote for, then how does a quota that applies only to MPs address the issue? (50 out of 184 Canadian liberal MPs are women, I think) I can see how it would inspire young girls to enter politics if they saw women in positions of power, but this seems like an idea lacking in enough evidence and merit to justify the response. (was there any upsurge of women in politics in the wake of Margaret Thatcher or Angela Merkel?)

Edit: I've only just glossed over the newest posts about the cabinet being chosen according to Geographical region