Contradictory phenomenon

[gxnn]

The south asian subcontinent countries, such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, are well known for their male dominance in the society.

Yet, one after another woman has been elected to be the head of government in those conservative countries, which might have caused the strong jealousy of Hilary Clinton and other ambitious woman politicians in the West, who find it much harder to get to the top of the political pyramid in their own countries.

Anyone would like to enlighten a Chinese guy like me in this regard?

 

[PoppingTom]

Anyone would like to enlighten a Chinese guy like me in this regard?

No offense, but how is China different? You hardly see a woman in the politburo.

Strangely, women in the head of governments are happen mostly in democracies, no matter of their conservativity.

 

[gxnn]

If you think I like my current government and am a fan of it, you cannot be more wrong. I am a Chinese man, but not a Chinese official.

I just want to know why it is so.

 

[PoppingTom]

If you think I like my current government and am a fan of it, you cannot be more wrong. I am a Chinese man, but not a Chinese official.

I just want to know why it is so.

Well, it's a phenomenon that conservative parties doing easier having a female leader. Maybe it's because politics is about keeping the party together much like a family. You may say the man is the head of the family, but that's just for the protocol, not in reality. It's the mother that keeps the family together, always. So in a conservative party, the woman playing the same role as ever, just in a bigger scale.

The more left parties are ordinarily more in a power struggle for the future way to go. It's been said often for the social democratic party in my country that "if you have friends in the party, you don't need any more enemies." Women wouldn't be any different in this business.

 

[oggbashan]

The south asian subcontinent countries, such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, are well known for their male dominance in the society.

Yet, one after another woman has been elected to be the head of government in those conservative countries, which might have caused the strong jealousy of Hilary Clinton and other ambitious woman politicians in the West, who find it much harder to get to the top of the political pyramid in their own countries.

Anyone would like to enlighten a Chinese guy like me in this regard?

Leaders of democratic countries have to be electable, either by the voters directly, or by representatives voting on behalf of a wider electorate.

To become leader requires the ability to gain support from a wide base, sometimes from a coalition of differing views. Some women are better at compromise, and less divisive than their male colleagues.

My view? Perhaps women politicians are hated less than their male colleagues. There is less of 'I would never vote for him - I've fought him too often' and more of 'She is less dangerous than...'.

Of course, there are exceptions. Mrs Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the UK, was extremely divisive. She is still hated by a significant minority of the population, and aroused more passionate opposition than other leaders of the Conservative Party.

It is the ability of some women politicians to bring warring groups together that makes them potential leaders.

Whether they are good or great leaders? That's another question.

 

[Dumpington]

Hillary Clinton is certainly no Margaret Thatcher.

If Hillary could be rejected by the Democratic Party faithful in 2008 (which she was), when her record was still clean and that party still revered her husband above all other prominent Democrats, I don't see ANY WAY they'll accept her now!

For one thing, any Democrat running for president needs a huge black voter turn-out if they're to have any chance of winning, and black voters showed in 2014 that they won't turn-out in large numbers anymore for everyday white liberal-Democrats.

Hillary's support is limited to environmentalists & pro-abortion feminists, and that may not even be enough to get her the Democratic Party nomination next year!

 

[PoppingTom]

Hillary Clinton is certainly no Margaret Thatcher.

I prefer the word "thankfully"...

 

[gxnn]

Well, it is interesting, as you know, currently there is a TV drama which has attracted a lot of viewers in China, describing the life of Wu Zetian, a concubine-turned poltician in Tang Dynasty of China. Commuist China's leader Mao Zedong's wife, Jiang Qing, dreamed her dream day and night to be this woman, but found herself end up in jail after fooling around after the death of Mao.

Royal family of the UK and the recent Thai woman leader Yingluck all seem not to be qualified as politicians, but they remained in their posts for a long time, especially the Queen doesn't show any sign to retire when her son is old enough to get pension or to dance every day with a lot of old women in squares if in China. One cannot waste the time of his or her kid so naughtily.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

You claim China as your home/born country, but your given location says your country is "cock-shaped."



Now I normally focus on vadge instead of peen, but even I know that any cock that's shaped like China is asking for a weekend stay on Dr. Moreau's island, to say the least!

 

[RobDownSouth]

Well, it's a phenomenon that conservative parties doing easier having a female leader. Maybe it's because politics is about keeping the party together much like a family. You may say the man is the head of the family, but that's just for the protocol, not in reality. It's the mother that keeps the family together, always. So in a conservative party, the woman playing the same role as ever, just in a bigger scale.

The more left parties are ordinarily more in a power struggle for the future way to go. It's been said often for the social democratic party in my country that "if you have friends in the party, you don't need any more enemies." Women wouldn't be any different in this business.

That's an interesting point, one I hadn't considered.

 

[gxnn]

You claim China as your home/born country, but your given location says your country is "cock-shaped."

Since childhood we have been taught that the shape of our motherland looks a like a cock (or a rooster, if you can only focus on sexual organ) on map, but Taiwan authority strongly believes that the shape of whole China looks like a piece of leaf of apple tree. Taiwan is thought to be a renegated province from mainland China. Mao Zedong in his new year address of each year before he died claimed to liberate with force when time was ripe the island which was and is controlled by Kuomintang (National Party of China).
Hope your confusion is cleared now.

 

[oggbashan]

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Royal family of the UK and the recent Thai woman leader Yingluck all seem not to be qualified as politicians, but they remained in their posts for a long time, especially the Queen doesn't show any sign to retire when her son is old enough to get pension or to dance every day with a lot of old women in squares if in China. One cannot waste the time of his or her kid so naughtily.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has frequently made it clear that she accepted the role of Queen for life. Our monarchs have never retired because of age or illness. King Edward VIII abdicated for 'love' and that made the Queen's father a reluctant King George VI. Her Majesty forgave Edward. Her mother never did.

But Edward's abdication influenced Her Majesty. She will NOT abdicate/retire. She is giving Prince Charles more responsibility but although he might become Prince Regent if she becomes too ill or weak for her role, he will not be King until after his mother dies.

Her Majesty is a Constitutional Monarch. She has the title of Head of State but has no real power. The real power is with the Prime Minister, The Cabinet, and the House of Commons.

Her Majesty (and Prince Charles) have influence but no executive authority.