Do I sound like a female chauvinist pig when I say women are
generally better managers than men? Ok I admit I am one, but generally it has
proven to be quite true, although so few women are able to break through the
glass ceiling.
This is specially so in the western world which boasts being
the leaders in the democracy. Interesting though, countries such as India,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, the last two being rabid Muslim nations, have had female
leaders while Britain only broke through in the 1980's and the USA never. Even the Vatican had a female Pope in the person of Pope Joan. Only thing she had to pretend to be a man to gain that position sometime in 12 AD and when they discovered it, they determined "never again" and invented a chair with a slit through which the incoming pope's balls would fall, so someone would feel them to verify that it was indeed a man! (Read about it in the book about pope Joan!)
But back to the modern days.
Not even in the position of state governors has the USA made
much progress for at this time they have only five female governors, less
than 10% of the cohort.
I started reflecting on this topic once again while
reviewing the Presidency of Joyce Banda who had been elected as head of Malawi
last year, joining in Africa, Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, Presiident of Liberia. In other words in the huge continent of Africa with its 53
independent nations, there are only two female heads of state.
Of course, many will insist that having a female head of
state does not guarantee better government.
But if one takes a look at the progress in Liberia, a country with a
population of just under 4 million, it paints a hopeful picture. For whereas it
had negative growth up to 2004, the country has grown steadily since 2006 when
Ms. Johnson took over, growing by a whopping
11% in 2011.
Malawi, with its over
12 million population needs that kind of miracle too. Lets hope Ms. Banda does
not disappoint, as has our only female prime minister in Jamaica. But then on
the other hand, no matter what Portia Simpson Miller does, she will never be
labeled the worse Prime Minister for years to come, as that position has been
cemented for time immemorial by the previous prime minister Bruce Golding.
2 comments:
Well I know that males are better than females because we had this same argument in my 6th Form Common Room in England. The girls said they were better in every way and agreed to a test. So two boys went outside and wrote their initials in the snow, but the girls refused to even try.
lol. point reinforced
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