While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results ...
More from her here:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/19/americas/sue-montgomery-knitting-montreal-womens-rights-intl-scli
🧵(2/2) From the CNN article: “I knit in city council because it helps me concentrate,” Montgomery wrote on Twitter. “Tonight I decided to knit it red when men spoke; green for women. Day 1 results in."
“It’s not that we women don’t talk, it’s that men talk too much and repeat everything several times, thus waste everyone’s time,” she added. “I feel a knitting revolution coming on.”
The stark difference comes despite a near parity of female and male representatives on the council. Montgomery noted that the body is composed of 34 men and 31 women