Posted on 10/16/2011 9:51:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Next month marks the 21st anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's enforced resignation as Prime Minister. It is now more than 30 years since she first gained power. She was not, of course, the first woman to lead a major country. That honour fell to Indira Gandhi in India and Golda Meir in Israel. But along with Gandhi, Thatcher's 11 years at the top make her the longest-serving woman prime minister the world has seen.
The strange thing is that despite the advancement of women in business and the professions and the growing numbers of women entering politics in leading Western countries, neither Britain nor America have come remotely near electing another female leader these past 30 years.
True Germany has Angela Merkel and Australia has Julia Gillard. But in the Anglo-Saxon world of the northern hemisphere, women have made surprisingly little headway at the very summit of politics.
As the United States prepares for its presidential election next year, its most charismatic female politicians are losing ground. After much speculation about her intentions, Sarah Palin has announced she will not run- and Michele Bachmann has fallen away badly in the opinion polls.
Quite why this should be true is not entirely clear. Alongside Geraldine Ferraro in 1984, Palin is the only woman in the US to have run for vice-president, attracting much liberal-Left derision in the process Evidently, she decided this time not to subject herself and her family to the intense scrutiny of a presidential bid - and, of course, judged that her chances of victory were slim....
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sadly, no one seems to know how to do what your tagline implores ... and we the people lose the power and intuition of our women because the media is so corrupted to spit on Eve if it empowers the socialist commies the power-broker media whoredom worship.
For the same reason men do, and, BTW, all women do not think alike, as the title implies.
Politics is a struggle (doh!) and there are many more men in politics.
I agree with you completely, and this kind of thinking was common sense all throughout human history until about 50-60 years ago. Now people are afraid to express thoughts like these.
What happened since the 60s is what the leftists call “women empowerment”, but rather it’s the promotion of a godless socialist agenda that disempowers individuals (both men and women) and empowers the state. The leftists don’t care about empowering individual women any more than they care about individual blacks.
IMO the two greatest foundational problems facing America today are 1) a declining Christian population and 2) widespread biblical illiteracy among those who profess to be Christians. If the US experiences a major revival like the ones in America and England in the 18th century (kudos to Whitefield, Edwards, and the Wesleys) no Democrat will ever be elected for president for decades to come.
If there’s no major revival, it’s still true that the more Christians we have, the fewer Democrats we have.
TEA for Three and Three for TEA.
Nature and natural law has many examples of fierce females raising litters on their own. The only contribution of the male being some sperm.
Other situations, like gorillas, clearly show the male in a “leadership role.”
So I don't think it is entirely a ‘natural biological role’ for a man/men to lead. Even within the human family much of the child rearing belongs to the female. From the first words, to getting them ready for school, to who do the kids often call home too from college. Children often understanding in a well run home if Mom says no...it is no.
So where do these observations play into politics? Can a strong woman be President?
It is my opinion when the time is right, we will pick a woman but not for her hardcore politics. It will be for her ability to teach and lead the nation out of its dismal state. She will be like the good wife whispering in the ear of her husband. Telling him to be strong, be kind, be firm, ...you can lead. This kind of woman with leadership skills, skill to raise the nation back up on its feet, is what scares the progressive left. A woman like that will be a fierce protector of her people and the strong woman behind us all...inspiring us back to our independence from government. She won't want us ‘living in our government's parental basement.’
I don't see that woman out there...yet. The old cliche about the woman making the man comes to mind. The question is can a woman transfer those skills into making the nation?
Both those two women are "top" enough for anyone.
It will take time, but the election of a woman to President will happen. It will also remain infrequent.
“Children often understand in a well run home if Mom says no... it is no”
Blessings on the hand of women!
Angels guard its strength and grace.
In the palace, cottage, hovel,
Oh, no matter where the place.
Would that never storms assailed it,
Rainbows ever gently curled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.
***One of my favorite poems. Your post reminded me of it!
The Press persecuted Palin because she had more guts and is more ethical than any politician out there. Maybe it wasn’t the press that dissuaded her. but I bet it stops a lot of good women from running,
“Why do women still struggle to get to the very top in politics?”
Maybe because not enough women vote for other women. Do not women make up the majority of voters?
Ask Sarah Palin this question.
She’s the one who quit.
You're the man, Big Reb!
“...too right-wing religious.”
What’s that ‘code’ for, “too heterosexual”?
They are very knowledgeable serious minded women who are wise. You kind of know their thinking is from original thought and is totally unmanufactured.
I always thought that wisdom comes with age. Maybe it never happens for some, but when it does, it shows. Explains Margaret Thatcher.
“I would add that “sexism” still is a factor...”
If there is any of that it is only borderline and does not come at all close to hate.
People will sometimes leap into assuming the worst possible meaning or intent.
The next time I hear “Don’t hate, participate!” (talking bumper sticker) I think I’ll lose my lunch.
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