Equidad de Genero?

Women Are Never Front-Runners
By GLORIA STEINEM
THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6. Herself the daughter of a white American mother and a black African father — in this race-conscious country, she is considered black — she served as a state legislator for eight years, and became an inspirational voice for national unity.
Be honest: Do you think this is the biography of someone who could be elected to the United States Senate? After less than one term there, do you believe she could be a viable candidate to head the most powerful nation on earth?
If you answered no to either question, you’re not alone. Gender is probably the most restricting force in American life, whether the question is who must be in the kitchen or who could be in the White House.
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My Comment:

You are totally right. For a working woman, and specially, a woman that "invades" the politics, it is really hard to show, to proof that she can do it as well, or better than any other men. If she is too tough, then they call her "steel lady" (Tatcher or Merkel) if she cries then she is too soft, how can a woman that cries be the Commander in Chief? If she pays attention to her appearance (Kirchner) then she is too vanal, if she does not (Merkel before she was Chancellor) then she is an ugly, bittered tomboy, how can She rule our Country, how can such an ugly thing represent us.
If she is a hard working woman, she is anti-family, she is a desgrace for the mothers. If she pays attention to her house and kids, then how will she govern? she won´t have time.
To finish, if Obama cries, he is a super duper sentimental man. If he is tough and rough, "hey that´s what the country needs".
Like you put it, if a "woman Obama" tried to candidate, she won´t even had the chance to say it. If Hillary says she has experience, many dare to say that it comes only from her marriage.
That is unfair.
I support the democrats from outside, I believe any of them should be President. But I believe that Hillary deserves the chance to show that women, with a long carrier of public work and capacities and love to their country, CAN be Presidents. I think that is the lesson. If Obama had the same long life of hard work, I would use the very same words for him. I believe he should wait.

-GGV, Germany.

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