Before you read, the article below is
actually one of my weekly coursework for "Personal and Professional
Development" subject.
Women make better politicians than men – Refute or Support
Politicians are people who make
decision for the development of a country. They are responsible for the
creation and implementation of different laws relating to the citizen of a
society. The main aim of politician is to maintain law in their country. Statistics
reveals that in many countries the percentage of men in politics is greater
than the percentage of women. At first men and women can make excellent as well
as lousy politicians. Nowadays men make better politicians than women but some
people said women cannot qualify as politicians because politics requires
full-time commitment or women have to look after their homes and so find it
difficult to get sucked into the hustle and bustle of political life. Hence, I
disagreed with the topic given.
The number of women politicians in a country has always been
much less than the male whether the country is India, United States of America
(USA), Malaysia, Australia or any other country in the world. It is said that
politics is very much like a war and one should be tough enough to face the
challenges of a war but women are considered as the soft part of the society.
They get influenced soon and usually depend on their family and friends for
making decisions. Women are also more theoretical than practical, which again
adds to their negative points as in politics one has to be more practical and
logical. Women also face more emotional barriers than men and are more inclined
to mercy.
Travelling is also an important aspect of politics and a
politician has to travel a lot whether for one's campaign or any other work.
But women usually cannot travel all by themselves with regard to their personal
safety and their responsibilities towards their family. Moreover, men are
better than women in policy matters like dealing with crime, public safety,
national security and defence. Men are also more decisive than women and decisiveness is
one of the most important traits of leadership, unlike Margaret Thatcher. But
the real thing which makes men better politicians is that it is the norm, they
don't have to fight to be taken seriously unlike women who have to constantly
prove themselves above or equal to their male colleagues. So, it’s quite
obvious that women do not make better politicians than men.
Besides, while there have been excellent examples of women
in government like Isabel the Catholic in Spain, Margaret Thatcher in United
Kingdom, Angela Markel in Germany, Julia Gillard in Australia and Pratibha Patil
in India, but this is not the general rule, which is what we are talking about.
Women suppose to be tend govern the smaller domain of household, and they do so
beautifully, while men tend to dominate the public sphere. It is not so much a
matter of who is better at it is as a matter of who is prone to take on the
task.
Isabel the Catholic in Spain, Margaret Thatcher in United Kingdom, Angela Markel in Germany, Julia Gillard in Australia and Pratibha Patil in India |
Well history has showed that men are much more common
leaders than women and that men leader have been much more successful in the
ruling empires and large countries. That is because men have parts of the brain
that are specialized for dominance and control. While women have larger parts
of the brain for creating emotion. Men also tend to look at the big picture
more and always strive for power, while women and try to make small things
perfect. This would explain male leaders like Alexander the great, who
conquered the some of the known country. The people he conquered where angry
creating riots. Alexander maintained public order through military dominance
and harsh punishments.
If a women control of an empire such as that, she would
probably not have the will to kill and execute thousands of people and would
try to change things by constructing building and keeping taxes low. Quickly
her and her empire would decline and fall. Campaigns of hate and war are always
led by men, who soldiers would see as a strong charismatic figure. History has
showed men have always been better strategists in battles and wars, leading to
great powerful empires.
Furthermore, as women increasingly enter leadership roles
that traditionally were occupied mainly by men, the possibility that the
leadership styles of women and men differ continues to attract attention.
Whether men and women behave differently in leadership roles is a much-debated
question. Although there is general agreement that women face more barriers to
becoming leaders than men do, especially for leader roles that are male
dominated there is much less agreement about the behavior of women and men once they attain such roles. Differences in styles can be
consequential because they are one factor that may affect people’s views about
whether women should become leaders and advance to higher positions in
organizational hierarchies.