Another way of saying this is that men don’t menstruate. While in the car yesterday driving home, I told my somewhat conservative husband that I was going to post a blog that starts out by saying that presidents don’t have periods and he got me to thinking further, that maybe they never will. One day when a woman is finally elected President of the United States, she will probably be more mature and most likely would have gone through menopause. Then, this loving husband turned the tide and called me a sexist/ageist (in fun) and said that maybe a younger woman would be elected President and she could, in essence, have a period. I just shook my head.
Actually, the reason I brought up the topic in the first place, other than the obvious fact that today is President’s Day, is to share an article of interest from beinggirl.com called: “The Weaker Sex? Yeah Right” (and, believe me, that is a very sarcastic title). When reading it, it made me frustrated again that we have never had a woman be President of the United States of America, even though other countries have had female Presidents, Prime Ministers, and royalty successfully run a country. After all, I have a daughter and now 2 granddaughters and I would like to think that they too could be President if they had the right qualifications and if that is what they would want to attain. (Actually, I also have two grandsons and would like to think that one day one of them would be presidential material too.)
The article, The Weaker Sex, addresses some myths that have kids believing that girls are not as strong emotionally, psychologically or intellectually as boys. Of course they are and the article provides facts that support that. One point in the article that supports my belief about how crazy it is that the U.S. Presidency has been an all boys club thus far is that: “Girls outnumber boys in student government, honor societies, school newspapers and debating clubs. They feel closer to their families, have higher aspirations and for the first time are documented as having better assertiveness skills.” In other words, girls can be leaders too and have the capability and desire to do just that.
When it all comes down to it, I want to see the most qualified PERSON elected President and that should never be a gender issues. However, it would be nice to truly not have it be about gender and we end up with the best candidate being a woman. Now, that would be a celebration!!
Would you vote for a woman for president?? Bet most of you say YES!
http://www.beinggirl.com/en_US/articledetail.jsp?ContentId=ART331&utm_source=247moms.blogspot&utm_medium=NurseElaine&utm_content=link20110221&utm_campaign=comm_mgr
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