Women in Politics

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.