Re: Socialism and Women's Leadership (was China Drafts Law to BoostUnionsand End Labor Abuse)

[Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/14/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Oct 14, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > So, women are allowed to become heads of bad capitalist states and
> > parties but not of good socialist states and parties?
>
> Surely you have a theory, or at least a working hypothesis - don't be
> so coy! What is it?

It's a striking fact that cries out for a feminist explanation, for sure.

The UK Conservative Party vs the UK Labour Party, the German CDU vs.
the German SDP, etc.  You would think that women would rise to the top
sooner in the latter kind of formation than the former, but the
opposite has been the case.

> Could a woman ever become president of Iran?

It's an interesting question if a woman will become the President of
Iran sooner than a woman will become the head of state in Cuba or
Venezuela, to take the farthest left states in the world today.
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