2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIt just occurred to me, that if (when) Hillary wins.
The leaders of the US, UK, and Germany will all be women. The times they are a-changin', Trumpers!
(Hey, I just quoted a Nobel laureate!)
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)And I couldn't be happier!
Maybe just maybe we might be able to stop some of the damn wars.
Well, I can dream, can't I?
RKP5637
(67,109 posts)sit there and argue and nothing gets accomplished. I've run across a lot of men that always have a chip on their shoulder. For some, I guess it makes them think they are in control and manly or whatever.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)a woman, especially the likes of Hillary Clinton, is elected to the highest office. This coming from a man.
calimary
(81,299 posts)And thank you! But let's not allow ourselves to grow complacent. We don't have this locked in yet. And we've got a Senate to turn, so a Madam President could actually get a few things accomplished.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Chile and Norway come to mind.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)One right after the other.
Mary Robinson 1990-1997
Mary McAleese 1997-2011
forest444
(5,902 posts)The dictator, Temer, recently admitted that Dilma Rousseff's refusal to go along with a Bush-style economic package was the reason.
They now have 12% unemployment.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)It's too bad Mary didn't live to see the first female president.
I remember when this concert aired on PBS. Many of my favorite folk singers (new and old) on the stage together. God I love Peter Paul and Mary.
[Yt]
pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)Men will be forced to get pregnant and breastfeed and have sympathy cramps each month!
just like our first non-white president took away all our guns and issued mandatory gay marriages for everyone.
Mr.Bill
(24,300 posts)"Still?"
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)There are more but here are a few more that currently have a female leader. Many countries have had female presidents or prime ministers in the past.
Lithuania President
South Korea President
Chile President
Taiwan President
Croatia President
Norway Prime Minister
Poland Prime Minister
Bangladesh Prime Minister
IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elected_and_appointed_female_heads_of_state
The world's most feminist country, Iceland, didn't elect a woman until 1980. But they hung onto her for 16 years, which is longer than we kept FDR. I think we'll keep Hillary for 8 years.