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Link of the Day: Is America Ready For A Woman President?
Link of the Day: Is America Ready For A Woman President?
Finally, someone speaks about exactly how stupid a question that is, and even backs it up with statistics about which countries have already had female presidents or prime ministers. Read her article.
...Or watch me froth like fresh-whipped milk.
Sri Lanka's already had a female president. And guess what she did? Nearly turned Sri Lanka into a police state, complete with the right to detain people with trial if they were thought to be members of the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that we've been having a civil war with for decades.
Not exactly the fluff-and-cookies that everyone keeps thinking that will happen if a *gasp* woman gets elected.
Women can make bad leaders.
Men can make bad leaders.
No gender has a monopoly on being reactionary idiots and I really don't get why people are acting like Hilary's going to paint the White House pink if she gets in.
If you don't want to vote for Hilary, that's fine. Your vote, your choice, and I respect that. But I don't want you to be thinking 'Is America Ready For A Woman President?' America doesn't need to put out the good plates or tidy up the house. America is not a frat boy trying to get laid by the President, debating if the house is clean enough to invite her over. In fact, if anything, the President should be someone that you trust to clean up the house for you and I don't mean that in the sense of women should be doing domestic work or that you should vote for Hilary because she's got the magical double-X that'll let her tidy up Bush's mess. What I mean is that you don't pick whom you think America is 'ready' for. You pick whom you think will do the best job of running the country.
Would I like a female president of the USA? Sure! I'd love it.
But do you know what I want more? A president that's pro-gay rights, pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-UN, pro-women's rights -- a president who can handle international affairs without making America look like the country of idiots, and a president that I'll be proud to say that I voted for. I want a president that's intelligent and diplomatic, who'll remind me that it's possible to be interested in politics without cringing everytime you read an article on what 'your' country is doing.
I want a president who'll make me proud to be American again.
And you know what? If it turns out that Hilary fills all of those wishes, fantastic. If it turns out she fills more of those than the other candidates, still fantastic. Both those situations mean that she'll get my vote, because -- and here's the kicker -- she'll be giving me what I want, because the changes she could theoretically make would last well beyond the four years that she's in the White House. Vote a women for President just because you want a woman in the White House? Fine, but at the most, that'll last for four years -- or possibly eight, if she gets re-elected. Vote someone into the White House because they agree with your stances? You might just get the type of social change that lasts.
Policies matter more than gender, race or favorite flavor of jam. That's why it's called politics, not gendertics, racetics or jamtics.
This isn't a question of what America is 'ready' for; this is about what America needs.
Finally, someone speaks about exactly how stupid a question that is, and even backs it up with statistics about which countries have already had female presidents or prime ministers. Read her article.
...Or watch me froth like fresh-whipped milk.
Sri Lanka's already had a female president. And guess what she did? Nearly turned Sri Lanka into a police state, complete with the right to detain people with trial if they were thought to be members of the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that we've been having a civil war with for decades.
Not exactly the fluff-and-cookies that everyone keeps thinking that will happen if a *gasp* woman gets elected.
Women can make bad leaders.
Men can make bad leaders.
No gender has a monopoly on being reactionary idiots and I really don't get why people are acting like Hilary's going to paint the White House pink if she gets in.
If you don't want to vote for Hilary, that's fine. Your vote, your choice, and I respect that. But I don't want you to be thinking 'Is America Ready For A Woman President?' America doesn't need to put out the good plates or tidy up the house. America is not a frat boy trying to get laid by the President, debating if the house is clean enough to invite her over. In fact, if anything, the President should be someone that you trust to clean up the house for you and I don't mean that in the sense of women should be doing domestic work or that you should vote for Hilary because she's got the magical double-X that'll let her tidy up Bush's mess. What I mean is that you don't pick whom you think America is 'ready' for. You pick whom you think will do the best job of running the country.
Would I like a female president of the USA? Sure! I'd love it.
But do you know what I want more? A president that's pro-gay rights, pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-UN, pro-women's rights -- a president who can handle international affairs without making America look like the country of idiots, and a president that I'll be proud to say that I voted for. I want a president that's intelligent and diplomatic, who'll remind me that it's possible to be interested in politics without cringing everytime you read an article on what 'your' country is doing.
I want a president who'll make me proud to be American again.
And you know what? If it turns out that Hilary fills all of those wishes, fantastic. If it turns out she fills more of those than the other candidates, still fantastic. Both those situations mean that she'll get my vote, because -- and here's the kicker -- she'll be giving me what I want, because the changes she could theoretically make would last well beyond the four years that she's in the White House. Vote a women for President just because you want a woman in the White House? Fine, but at the most, that'll last for four years -- or possibly eight, if she gets re-elected. Vote someone into the White House because they agree with your stances? You might just get the type of social change that lasts.
Policies matter more than gender, race or favorite flavor of jam. That's why it's called politics, not gendertics, racetics or jamtics.
This isn't a question of what America is 'ready' for; this is about what America needs.
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Look at the way women are still being viewed. We're paid less in the workforce, there are /still/ men that think we should just be barefoot, pregnant, in the kitchen, and raising the kids. Our houses should always /be/ immaculate, no matter what's going on and we should always be completely loyal and trusting to the male in our lives.
We are still looked upon as second class citizens.
Not by all, mind you, but but quite a few. Working tech support, you wouldn't believe how many times I got "Isn't there a man I can speak to? I'm pretty sure /you're/ not going to be able to fix my problem."
So really, the question should be, "Is the conservative idiology of the male gender ready for a female president?"
The answer then should be, "Who the hell cares?"
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That was hundred of years ago. Why haven't things changed?!
And heh. I'd love to see anyone capable of working tech support in the White House. Imagine how cool a geek president would be!
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Except that I am still not Queen of All.