Hidden bias against women in politics (MUST-READ OK!)
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Excellent article on gender politics....
-note how the closing BANG echoes the opening BANG by referring back to the two female politicians...and the interesting anecdote about their shoes, which by the way, further affirms the writer's stand that women still have a long way to go in politics....to use a colourful saying, they may have poke through the glass ceiling, but are still far from shattering it. Recall qn type in paper 2 on the way writer ends the passage.
-the writer's interesting analysis about how women politicians in Asia reflect a similar trend -- almost all rose to power on the influence of their family, as opposed to own merit.
-there's also the age factor -- most successful female politicians in the west are not young, compared to the men i.e. takes a longer time for women to breach the glass ceiling.
-women at the top often vilified...e.g. iron lady (Thatcher and the current Theresa May)...Terminator (Angela Merkel)...
-note also the useful rebuttal pair here that can be applied for Qn 1 below:
"Yet probably the most perverse sexist stereotype about women in politics is one currently pushed, paradoxically, by some feminist campaigners, who suggest that if the world was ruled by women there would be fewer wars, and that the current wave of women leaders is due to the need to "clean up the mess created by men".
German writer Mara Delius invented a new term of "femokratie" to describe the coming rule of feminine democrats. And she describes them as post-modern saviours "in trouser suits and rubber gloves", equipped for the political sweeping which lies ahead.
But much of this is nonsense. For while there is plenty of evidence that macho cultures contribute to conflicts, there is no evidence that women heads of government are more peaceful than men in similar positions. Indira Gandhi in India and Golda Meir in Israel didn't shirk from wars, and neither did Margaret Thatcher. Nor is there any compelling scientific evidence that women are inherently better at administration."
Qns:
1. The world would be a better place if more political leaders were women. What is your view? (Cam. 2013)
2. In your society, how far is equality for all a reality? (Cam. 2012)
Excellent article on gender politics....
-note how the closing BANG echoes the opening BANG by referring back to the two female politicians...and the interesting anecdote about their shoes, which by the way, further affirms the writer's stand that women still have a long way to go in politics....to use a colourful saying, they may have poke through the glass ceiling, but are still far from shattering it. Recall qn type in paper 2 on the way writer ends the passage.
-the writer's interesting analysis about how women politicians in Asia reflect a similar trend -- almost all rose to power on the influence of their family, as opposed to own merit.
-there's also the age factor -- most successful female politicians in the west are not young, compared to the men i.e. takes a longer time for women to breach the glass ceiling.
-women at the top often vilified...e.g. iron lady (Thatcher and the current Theresa May)...Terminator (Angela Merkel)...
-note also the useful rebuttal pair here that can be applied for Qn 1 below:
"Yet probably the most perverse sexist stereotype about women in politics is one currently pushed, paradoxically, by some feminist campaigners, who suggest that if the world was ruled by women there would be fewer wars, and that the current wave of women leaders is due to the need to "clean up the mess created by men".
German writer Mara Delius invented a new term of "femokratie" to describe the coming rule of feminine democrats. And she describes them as post-modern saviours "in trouser suits and rubber gloves", equipped for the political sweeping which lies ahead.
But much of this is nonsense. For while there is plenty of evidence that macho cultures contribute to conflicts, there is no evidence that women heads of government are more peaceful than men in similar positions. Indira Gandhi in India and Golda Meir in Israel didn't shirk from wars, and neither did Margaret Thatcher. Nor is there any compelling scientific evidence that women are inherently better at administration."
Qns:
1. The world would be a better place if more political leaders were women. What is your view? (Cam. 2013)
2. In your society, how far is equality for all a reality? (Cam. 2012)
posted by Dark Shadow | 12:16 AM
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