Naturally
50% of the World would agree with the title of this piece and many men too.
In
fact, Joseph Conrad said, “Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it
consists principally of dealings with men.”
So
why are so many countries still ruled by men?
Surely
there are lessons to be learned from the reigns of Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher,
Golda Meir, and most recently Angela Merkel.
Why
are so many voters, women included, fooled by the false tropes of monthly
troubles or pregnancy mood swings and emotional outbreaks?
In
real life women are not only calmer than their male counterparts, scientific
studies show men to be far more susceptible to stress and anger related early death.
And
related to the above it is also a fact that, on average, women live longer than
men.
An
82-year-old female President would have a better chance of living through her
entire term than her male counterpart.
But when President Biden seeks another
term at 82 you can count on the ‘right’ to bring out the ageism tweets.
Why
is it when two World leaders appear on the stage together it is only the women
who’s clothing and hair are critiqued?
This
disparaging disparity not only demeans the entire female gender but holds the
rest of us back in ways far more important than worrying about a pants suit or
a perm.
For
one this silly inane distraction gave us the Donald, a second-rate reality star
and first-rate con man over a woman who already had a proven track record on
the World stage as an intelligent capable leader.
We
are well into our third century as a nation, and we are only now pointing with
mocked amazement at our first female Vice President.
Earlier
this year President Biden was incapacitated for a day while he underwent a
routine colonoscopy. As expected, we were confronted with headlines touting
Kamala Harris as our first female President!
It’s
the end of the World, I tells ya!!!
So,
why does our glass ceiling seem like concrete?
It
started in pre-historic times.
Back
then the physically strongest beings became the leaders.
The winner of any
argument that arose was decided on that basis.
Women
were generally weaker in that regard and therefore not capable of taking
control of the pack.
Today’s
animal kingdom still uses this criterion as we see with rams butting heads for
the right to mate with the ewes of their choice.
Sadly,
today that leads to butt heads being in charge.
But
we lifted ourselves out of the jungle long ago and came to realize brains were
as important as brawn, at least outwardly.
Too
many still harbor the cave man mentality.
Many
famous females of the past used their wits to entice men into doing their
bidding. Cleopatra and Mata Hari come to mind in that respect.
Check
out how GM, Pepsi, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Oracle & Kohl’s are doing.
Surely
you can guess that every one of these companies are being run by very capable female CEOs.
Isn’t
it time to start treating and respecting women as at least equal to, if not
better than men?
And
one last point, with the possible exception of a test tube or lab beaker every
one of the over 7 billion humans walking around on Earth were born by women.
When
men can boast that bit of biological magic perhaps the title of my next article
will be MEN ARE THE EQUAL OF WOMEN!
