Benazir Bhutto was twice elected to lead Pakistan. Is the resistance to a woman leader stonger in the US?

Question

...Than it is in an ultra conservative/religious country like Pakistan?

Oyaya, how many women are in the current field of candidates? How many women have campaigned for the Presidential nomination in the last...oh...300 years?

Sorry, make that 200 and change.

Answer 1

lol. It would seem that way wouldn't it.

Answer 2

I do think so, especially when you think of America, the world's most powerful economy and military being led by a woman. But we must remember that the Pakistani government is different from the US government. In Pakistan, the President has the power. The Prime Minister has secondly the most political power, but with Musharraf separating military power from his political power as President, arguably the army chief is the second most powerful person in the country.

Bhutto, if elected, would have been the equivalent of a VP in the US.

Over 30 women have run for President in American History, although only Hillary Clinton has had the most probability of being elected. My opinion is that only two women have garnered enough experience to run for president, Condoleezza Rice and Elizabeth Dole.

Answer 3

Bhutto was someone to be admired! The way she carried herself showed clear grace and confidence. H. Clinton just carries herself like a *you know what*. I may not agree with the party but if you give me a woman who can lead with grace, confidence and surrounds herself with sound minded advisors, she would get my vote and I'm sure the majority of America who is simply waiting for the right woman!
****I'm simply saying, it will take an extraordinary woman to run a country as powerful as the US and we have yet to see one come up through the ranks. Yes, there has been a resistance up to the 60's maybe as late as the 70's. Now that many are open to the idea, as feminists and traditionalists alike seek the intelligence to run such a vast country in a female, we have nobody in sight who will risk thier reputation, and privacy to be torn apart in the election process. It takes a b*** which Hilary has become to fight their way to the top only to be taken down by the idea of being a hard a** which is still not an acceptable trait in women of US cultural.

Answer 4

According to an interview in November of this year between David Frost and Benazir Bhutto (attached), Osama bin Laden has already been murdered (per Ms. Bhutto). The Bushes just keep him around to keep us on our toes.

Answer 5

You know, I asked that to myself before, and came up with 'the boys club" . The 'Boys" have been running things for a long time, on both sides of the aisle, but the left side has put more women forward into the political arena. This is just the next logical step. But it's Blowing the Minds of the Right, I'll tell ya! LOL.

Answer 6

not al all...I think the USA is getting less racial about women leaders than it was. Hilary Clinton is campaigning for the next election here and she is actually one of the leaders currently...

EDIT: I said we're just getting less racial...and it's not like we resist a woman the right to campaign. Clearly, in the 20th and 21st century women have gained unprecedented rights (Cond. Rice...an african anerican woman in Congress, and H. Clinton is the closest women ever in American history to winning the election). This, to me, just elicits how we as a nation are changing our views on the woman's role in the government. Ergo, my answer is no.

Answer 7

I would have Condi for president any day. It's Hillary that scares me.

Answer 8

No, but we sure have a lack of decent woman leaders.

Answer 9

Geez I hope not. That would cause the U.S. to look rather immature and stupid. I don't think we are.

Answer 10

YES