I thought Benazir Bhutto started out fairly well, but came unraveled over time ...
There's Angela Merkel, who one can say hasn't done a bad job but also hasn't really been tested much...
Corazon Aquino in the Philippenes... corrupt.
Golda Meier... weak.
Catharine the Great... effective, but... uncomfortable.
Part of the problem is, that "being in power" is such a "man's game" that any woman who wants to succeed must basically adopt men's power-seeking traits, so we're getting non-standard women as representatives.
We have to go back to old royalty to see a woman given power that she didn't have to "act male" to get, and with that we mostly have the British Royalty, Boadiccea, Livia, Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut... and we don't really know what they were like.
Women in power = better than men?
Moderator: Alyrium Denryle
-
Coyote
- Rabid Monkey
- Posts: 12464
- Joined: 2002-08-23 01:20am
- Location: The glorious Sun-Barge! Isis, Isis, Ra,Ra,Ra!
- Contact:
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
-
Shroom Man 777
- FUCKING DICK-STABBER!
- Posts: 21222
- Joined: 2003-05-11 08:39am
- Location: Bleeding breasts and stabbing dicks since 2003
- Contact:
Dude, it's the Philippines. Everything is corrupt, probably even the water. Which... explains a lot of things.Coyote wrote:Corazon Aquino in the Philippenes... corrupt.
Our current President is also a lady of short stature, for all that's worth.
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source)shroom is a lovely boy and i wont hear a bad word against him - LUSY-CHAN!
Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people
- PeZookShroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic
Pink Sugar Heart Attack!
-
speaker-to-trolls
- Jedi Master
- Posts: 1182
- Joined: 2003-11-18 05:46pm
- Location: All Hail Britannia!
Don't forget Wu Zhao, the only woman to ever be crowned Emperor of China.We have to go back to old royalty to see a woman given power that she didn't have to "act male" to get, and with that we mostly have the British Royalty, Boadiccea, Livia, Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut... and we don't really know what they were like.
The problem I see with trying to analyse these ancient female rulers is determining what exactly can be called masculine traits. Livia and Wu, for instance, excercised power for a long time by manipulating their own male relatives or male officials. Now, a number of men have excercised power from behind the throne, so does that make this a male or female way of ruling, or can you not class it as either?
Post Number 1066 achieved Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:19 pm(board time, 8:19GMT)
Batman: What do these guys want anyway?
Superman: Take over the world... Or rob banks, I'm not sure.
Batman: What do these guys want anyway?
Superman: Take over the world... Or rob banks, I'm not sure.
-
Fingolfin_Noldor
- Emperor's Hand
- Posts: 11834
- Joined: 2006-05-15 10:36am
- Location: At the Helm of the HAB Star Dreadnaught Star Fist
I thought your current President is among the most lame duck of presidents, compared to Ramos.Shroom Man 777 wrote:Dude, it's the Philippines. Everything is corrupt, probably even the water. Which... explains a lot of things.Coyote wrote:Corazon Aquino in the Philippenes... corrupt.
Our current President is also a lady of short stature, for all that's worth.
Then again.... to have no corruption would probably mean sacking everyone in office.... and not in office.
Your spirit, diseased as it is, refuses to allow you to give up, no matter what threats you face... and whatever wreckage you leave behind you.
Kreia