Image from Mediaite

A few days ago, the Internet went crazy (including USDemocrazy) with a picture of an all-male panel testifying to the House Government Oversight Committee on women’s health.  But this latest picture doesn’t seem to be getting nearly as much buzz.

Three guesses what this all-male panel is talking about!  Did you guess the lack of women’s representation in policy discussions about women’s health?  (Probably because the picture kind of gives it away.)

Really, Morning Joe, REALLY?  In response to outrage over a picture of all-men testifying on birth control, you put together a panel of all men to respond?  Something must not be connecting.

Women make up just over 50 percent of the population in the United States, and yet only 16.8 percent of Congress, a minority of Fortune 500 CEOs, 22 percent of state legislatures…I could go on.

Of course, women should be a part of conversations about birth control and their health.  They should also be a part of conversations about the conversations about their birth control and their health.  But, as a majority of the population, they should also be a part of conversations about all policy issues.  And about the conversations about the policy conversations.

Check out this great speech by Senator (and lady human) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-D), explaining last week’s oversight as well as why incorporating more women’s voices into political discussions of all sorts is a good thing.