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    What happens when women reach a critical mass of influence

    by Jay Newton-Small Nov 20, 2017 2 minutes
    Movements like the Women’s March aim to get more women in power to tip the ratio toward change

    IF IT SEEMS LIKE THE STRUCTURES that enable sexism are exploding, that’s because they scientifically are, according to the theory of critical mass. When women reached 20% in the Senate, they went after the Pentagon to reform the military’s sexual-assault protocol. When they reached 25% of Hollywood producers, they took down Harvey Weinstein and his casting-couch culture. And when they reached a third of the White House press corps, Fox’s

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