[Magdalen] BSA

[Jim Guthrie]

On 29/07/2015 00:15, Grace Cangialosi wrote:

> This is a fascinating thread. Can someone explain to me why we've never had a 
> woman president in the US, when there are so many countries that have them 
>  >(or prime ministers) or have had them, and nobody batted an eye? What is it 
> about our history and culture that has mitigated against that?

Judy Ernst for President? How about giving  Carly Fiorina a chance to do for the 
nation what she did for Compaq and HP?

Keep in mind that women were not eligible during most  of America's history.

How many women ever aspired to the smoke-filled rooms where candidates were 
pretty much chosen until the 1970s?  And how many women had successful 
Governorships, or became Senators other than through death of a Senator Husband 
(Margaret Chase Smith, Maureen Neuberger) and thus grained the perceived 
gravitas?  I realize there was a boomlet for a Smith campaign for the Presidency 
in 1964, but highly unlikely in the GOP  of Scranton, Rockefeller and Goldwater.

Of course,women own  most of the wealth in the United States (and have since at 
least the 1950s --even a significant portion of the 1%)-- but there's no 
evidence that women care enough about that to try to make a difference in 
business.  Heck, the majority of women seem to take the Barbie approach and cede 
actual control of their wealth to men.

Given that, why would anyone think there's long term influence in the modern 
money-driven political environment to really push for women leaders?

Cheers,
Jim