How come U.S never had a female president? did it ever had any female running for president in the election? Was just wondering about it today, since U.S is always talking about equality of women, i’ve never heard of any female being a president, whereas i’ve seen women being prime minister in the developing countries such as pakistan or bangladesh.
p.s this thread is not to bash US or whatever. i am just curious n thats all there is to it.
it's a Rich WASP Man's world out here.. but slowly and surely things are bound to change.. we had a Jewish VP candidate and Hillary's presidency bid shouln't be too far.. We already have a female Democratic Presidential hopeful..
I'd rather the whole condition of women in a country improve than a token PM or President being a female.. that's more important.
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How come U.S never had a female president? did it ever had any female running for president in the election? Was just wondering about it today, since U.S is always talking about equality of women, i've never heard of any female being a president, whereas i've seen women being prime minister in the developing countries such as pakistan or bangladesh.
p.s this thread is not to bash US or whatever. i am just curious n thats all there is to it.
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Women have no rights in Pak. BB became the PM of Pak just because of the strong political backgroung of her family.
Guess which country has the highest number of female Members of Parliament, anywhere in the world? It's Rwanda. i thought that was kind of interesting.
Anywho... a female American president would be fantastic, as long as she isn't fulfilling a symbolic role as mentioned earlier by Baba G. i think Condi Rice is the first female who filled that position [National Security Adviser]... slowly but surely the US just may get there. i wouldn't anticipate that it would occur in the next 50 years though. It's still a man's world everywhere... both Canada and the UK have had female heads of state (not that either of them did much for women).
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Guess which country has the highest number of female Members of Parliament, anywhere in the world? It's Rwanda. i thought that was kind of interesting.
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that is because all male contenders were killed during the Hutus and Tutsis party
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that is because all male contenders were killed during the Hutus and Tutsis party
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yeah n u'd know eh :p
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I'd rather the whole condition of women in a country improve than a token PM or President being a female.. that's more important.
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Yes.. exactly! I mean most of the Indian subcontinent has had a female leader( Ind, Pak, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka).. but the condition of women of these countries on a whole cannot be termed better that their counterparts in U.S. Women here(U.S) have it a lot better than the women in the developing countires.
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**that is because all male contenders were killed during the Hutus and Tutsis party
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i THINK it's due to their mandatory quota system that was very recently passed in the government.
During the Rwandan genocide, females were also slaughtered - as were children and males. No group found itself excluded.
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It's still a man's world everywhere... both Canada and the UK have had female heads of state (not that either of them did much for women).
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UK has also has a female primeminister....MArgaret Thatcher :)
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**UK has also has a female primeminister....MArgaret Thatcher :)
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Yes, the UK also had a female head of state. Unfortunately, next to Tony Blair, in my opinion, she was probably one of the worst prime ministers in recent times, (in my opinion, i could be wrong).
hmm.. so even after all these years and feminist revolutions etc, the world is still not ready for a powerful female leader?
i guess its because of the amounts of money involved in a presidential campaign.. those who sponsor/fund either party cant afford to field a candidate who has a pre-campaign "weak-point".
there is a female democratic candidate this time round though...i doubt she'll be the one contesting bush in the end. probably one of wes clark, dean or kerry.
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could be just a coincidence...hmmm....
but i do think that women in pak are more liberated in many ways than western women...
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could be just a coincidence...hmmm....
but i do think that women in pak are more liberated in many ways than western women...
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a segment of them are liberated but not the majority. you have not been to rural areas which comprise 70% of Pakistan. Life for women there is of no sognificance but to rear children and cook food.
PS:- An interesting observation suroor. I believe they would not consider any women for the powerful post of the president of US. Lets see if Hillary goes through it.
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hmm.. so even after all these years and feminist revolutions etc, the world is still not ready for a powerful female leader?
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probably females are not suited for a powerful leadership role such as presidency of the US??? imagine a sobbing, weeping and trembling president at the time of 9-11 attacks.
its just a thought ... nothing against the feminist revolutions or the whole concept of feminism :)
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errr .. I have no words for your stupid logic.
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errr .. I have no words for your stupid logic.
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if u relate feminism to presidency then there is a chance you'll see where i am coming from. hth.
Suroor ive thought o f the same thing so many time, americas culture is followed the most the world over then how come theyve never had a single female president?
most of the world only follows the glamour of American culture.. there are other core values when it comes to women.. the foremost being the power to take decisions.
If a woman decides to be president in the United States, you woulnd't have a bunch of maulanas gunning for her a$$ and declaring anyone a murtid for wanting a female as a leader... you'd have rival campaign officials working overtime to dig up sorority tapes etc :D
Having a token leader is not indicative of the status of women in a country. More women sit on the boards of corporation in the US than any other country. there are more women in teh work force in the US than any other country. Women can and are encouraged to have it all in teh US as opposed to most cultures represented on this board.