People do some pretty stupid things in politics, but Labour's idea of reserving seats for women, so as to achieve 50% gender equality, has got to be about the stupidest. To say that you have to have one womb for every two testicles is tomfoolery at its wackiest.

I would vote for a woman for any position in private enterprise or government – but not any woman. Certainly it's great to see women get along but if, as people, they deserve it.

If people have the necessary talent , drive and qualifications then they deserve achievement. If you start appointing people simply because of their possession (or lack) of testicles or wombs at the expense of capable people then things are not going to work out as well.

Equality used to be just that. Equality. Treating everyone equally, alike. These days it is not that at all. Equality now means discrimination disguised as ideals; it means preferential treatment for special interest groups, including women.

The promoters of this Labour idea are not interested in equality, but rather recognition of inequality. No person should be disadvantaged for having the wrong reproductive organs, nor should any person be advantaged for the same reason.

Richard Prince, Welcome Bay.