Can we quit with the gender whining?

It is human nature to develop an ugly sense of entitlement when you gain a position you did not earn. Hence the endless droning on about gender quotas, writes Miranda Devine.

As a woman, if I’m allowed to say that any more, I am heartily sick of gender whining.

There aren’t enough women on boards, there aren’t enough women in movies, there aren’t enough women MPs. The Liberal party has a woman problem which will only be fixed with gender quotas. No, says rogue Labor MP Emma Husar, the Labor Party is worse. Yada yada yada.

Admittedly, it is amusing that the former Labor pin-up girl for the western Sydney seat of Lindsay should be the one to declare that her party’s much ballyhooed quota system is just “window dressing”.

RELATED: The only reason Deb got the Today gig

Emma Husar speaks out about the treatment of women in federal parliament, saying the Liberal Party is not the only one "having issues" with its female MPs. Picture: Hollie Adams/The Australian

Who knew?

But what Husar proves is that quotas are just another way for insiders to gain power for themselves. And it is human nature to develop an ugly sense of entitlement when you gain a position you did not earn. Hence the whining.

MORE FROM MIRANDA DEVINE: Radical gender propaganda fed to trainee teachers

The real gender disparity which affects our lives is the dearth of male teachers in our schools. As the Daily Telegraph revealed yesterday, the shortage is worst in western Sydney primary schools, where fewer than 15 per cent of teachers are men. We know this hurts fatherless boys the most.

But who cares about mere males.

@mirandadevine