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In reply to the discussion: Do you think we'll see a female president? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Most women bring the ability to work with people to whatever they do, even the introverts like me.
I think that is biological and derived from our evolution from animals, especially from animals in the ape family. Watch how many of the animals in the ape family live. I may be wrong, but I understand that there is a dominant male, other males who compete in various ways in hopes of becoming the dominant male and lots of females who produce babies and live together fairly contentedly (they can get angry or fight at moments). In that animal environment, the male's job in that primitive society is to protect and impregnate the females around him. The females' jobs are to care for the young.
I watched a very young male gorilla in his relationship with a much older dominant male in the zoo one day. The young male tried to challenge the older one to a fight, and the older one just teased the young one as if making the young one the brunt of jokes. The females were with their young if they had them and were quite calm, socializing in their way together.
I do not want to stereotype gender roles. Women can be anti-social and difficult just as men can. But socially capable women are really good at organizing people and cooperating with people. The right woman in the White House would be great. The wrong one would be horrible. Some women use their social intelligence to create problems and avenge themselves. That kind of woman, one whose competitive instincts are greater than her cooperative ones, would be a nightmare in the White House, a black widow spider-like president.
But a woman president might be able to bring adversarial groups in the country to understand each other. That is my hope. I think Elizabeth Warren is a woman who could do that.
Apparently Nancy Pelosi has shown how this works in the House.