If America is the land of free/equal then still how come no FEMALE PRESIDENTS?

Question

lots of other countries already have had female presidents? why not the US of A? there have many that have run, but i'm willing to bet you've never heard of them because the male dominated media controls a lot of what you see and hasn't supported them. Is america as oppressive as the countries it tries to free?

for those who only mentioned Ferraro as someone who ran. are you kidding me? there are many other who tried to run.
also out of the centuries that America has been in existence are you saying that there have been NO woman smart,educated and charismatic enough to be president?

Answer 1

That's a rather poor comparison. If females were UNABLE to be elected, that might be the case.

However, women have the right to go and vote, and there are more of them than men, so there is, literally, nothing stopping a woman from being elected. Except that, for whatever reason, the MAJORITY of voters (also known as women) haven't had a woman candidate they feel is worthy of their united support.

Are the disabled in the USA oppressed until we get a paraplegic as president? Of course not. It's a foolish proposition, and I say that as a liberal.

Answer 2

Because when it comes to electing our leaders, this country is still stuck in the 19th Century. This is despite the fact that women have been elected as governors, serve in Congress, serve on the Supreme Court, hold high positions in major corporations and are entrusted with the education of our children, when it comes time to think about one being President, its always a rich, white, male that gets nominated and elected. It would seem people prefer their women to be in the kitchen and bedroom, barefoot and pregnant and cooking dinner - but lead the country - forget it!!

While in the past there have been women who have sought their party's nomination for President, they haven't been taken all that seriously. However, now, for the first time, there is a serious contender for the nomination of a major party in Hillary Clinton, a respected Senator and wife of a former President. It will be interesting to see how this goes: will the Democratic Party finally be the first to realize that women can do just as good a job as a man and is fully capable of leading the country or will the good old boys club once again prevail? And if she were to be elected, would she be any worse than the current occupant of the Oval Office? Hopefully, she could help straighten out his mess and make this country respected in the eyes of the world once again.

I plan on voting for her. Hopefully, people will listen to what she has to say and make the same decision. Ladies - this is your chance - don't blow it!!!!!

Answer 3

I read and re-read your question and couldn't find anything in it that is founded in actual fact. "Haven't heard of them", etc. is nonsense. Whether the media is "dominated" by a gender, a political leaning, whatever, if there is something or somebody out there who is newsworthy, the media is going to report on them/it. Even if something doesn't make CNN, it makes SOME report, somewhere, and gets around. Whether or not the media "supports" a candidate is irrelevant. To ask if America is "as oppressive as the countries it tries to free" is ludicrous and not worthy of a response, particularly if your benchmark is based on the former lack of a qualified female presidential candidate. What next? Are we a country of intolerant bigots because we never had a Black (or other minority) presidential candidate? Or is it simply that our collective mentality has progressed at the rate it has, on all levels? There really isn't a debate here, is there? The American public simply yearns for a true leader. End of story.

Answer 4

It's really very simple, the first woman to run for president was Geraldine Ferraro and she simply could not attract enough votes. In our democratic system, the person who garners the most votes in a state wins the electoral votes assigned to that state. When a candidate wins the required electoral votes he/she wins the prize. To suggest that America suppresses female candidates for public office and is therefore not a true democracy is not a valid argument. Feminists should seek a candidate who has the charisma and political power base plus the resources to sway the voters to elect their candidate. Whining and making false assumptions and allegations will not elect a female candidate.

Answer 5

well, not that many have actually run. Elizabeth Dole most recently tried to garner the GOP nomination in 2000, would have been a great president IMO. Geraldine Ferraro ran as VP in the 80s, but her running mate wasn't worth a crap against Reagan. My favorite is Victoria Woodhull who actually ran for president in the late 1800s, before women even had the vote...which means it was men who put her there, and 30%of them voted for her. But we are a country founded by religious people who haven't always been welcoming of women in such positions. We have come a long way baby, but we aren't there yet...and I do mean 'yet'.

Answer 6

Right time.. Right Woman...I think that is about to change with Hilliary..

As for "Is america as oppressive as the countries it tries to free?" that is a whole different question, all one has to do is look at it's history, past and present.

Answer 7

It would be a total disaster to elect someone just because they were of a particular gender. We elect those who we think are the best qualified to do the job. Sometimes we are mislead and sometimes we get it right. But it is not due to gender, it is due to the best person for the job. Any other way would be STUPID!
Give us a Margret Thatcher and we will vote her in. But I have seen no woman candidate yet that could fill her shoes. Certainly not any being proffered at this time! You must have integrity.

Answer 8

Hillary will make the 2nd woman to try. And Elizabeth Dole really didn't give it a serious run.

And the one that ran for VP a decade or so ago was just wrong for the US.

Kind of like the lotto. Cannot win if you don't play.

Oh, plus there's our culture of valuing youth and beauty more than brains. And women perpetuate that, btw. This question coming from an avatar with legs, sort of proves my point.

Answer 9

They are too smart to bother putting up with all the crap from the boys club that is the political world or alternatively they get shut out of the game because the boys club know that they cant compete with a woman.

Answer 10

I do not think it is an effort to keep women out. I think no woman has come forward with ideas that America has accepted.If a woman comes forward with strong Conservative views. And is tough on Illegal immigration.She has a good chance.A democratic female with too much female compassion will never be elected.