should a female leader(i.e.a President) keep feminine or lead in a masculine way?

Question

The job,demands it,or is it time to refurnish,revamp the Job (as you knew it)?

Answer 1

only being yourself will work in the long run

Answer 2

They should not be either. They should be themselves and do what is right. Acting Masciline can only make things worse most of the time because people are going to see that you are trying to hard. Theres nothing in the "rule books" that say acting masculine makes the job get done. (i.e. we've had a "masculine" president of this country for about 8 years and look where its ended up.)

Answer 3

I live in India. Pakistan is our neighbour.

Benazir Bhutto (born 21 June 1953 in Karachi) is a Pakistani politician who became the first woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state. Bhutto is the twice-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan,being sworn-in for the first time in 1988.

Benazir did not make it onto the list of Forbes Magazine's "100 most powerful women in politics",

Benazir studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the University of Oxford and also has a degree from Harvard University.

Here is the most interesting thing:
In 1988 Benazir Bhutto became the only head of government ever to give birth while in office.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2044426,00.html

Search wikipedia.org for more

Answer 4

You don't to revamp the "job" or the "role", you need to expand your definition of what is a "feminine" way and what is a "masculine" way-why can't a female leader just be a leader?

Answer 5

In my own personal experience, there's not much difference in female and male styles of leadership.

Though...if there are...then we've had the masculine type since the beginning of the country and this country is sh*tty now, so maybe a dose of the feminine type would do us good. I don't know.

Answer 6

There are masculine and feminine traits that can be effective in a workplace or political setting. For example, women tend to be able to gauge reactions through body language and tone of voice better than men can. They also tend to be more democratic leaders. If an individual woman has any characteristics that will serve her well at work, she shouldn't try to repress them.

Answer 7

I think any woman who achieves a position of power can be feminine and strong at the same time.

I liked “Useanothernickname”’s reference to Benazir Bhutto. I thought she was going to run against Musharaf?

Answer 8

I think that any leader just needs to be themselves, whether a male or female. They should do the best job possible and govern as the laws require. No new laws should be put in place to compensate for either sex.

Answer 9

Keep feminine. There is strength in a woman you know. Elizabeth the first of England for one. Golda Meir for another, and Nellie McClung as well. They all kept their femininity but were strong women. I don't think that it's masculinity that's required of a leader but strength. That you can find in both male and female.
Let the woman who leads the land keep her femininity, it won't affect her strength at all.

Answer 10

she should be herself. if that is feminine, fine. if that is masculine, fine.

also, it depends on how YOU define these traits. i don't see femininity as weak and non-confrontational, i see it as strong yet flexible, outspoken yet tactful. so, a feminine president wouldn't be such a bad thing.