Do you think the world would be a nicer place if all politicians were women?

No, sadly women can be just as awful.

Definitely not

Yep. Bring back Maggie!

Yes, absolutely. These wars aren't being started by women

Ha! men seem to forget that rage and anger are emotions too.

Would they still wave white feathers at men who refused to be cannon fodder?

If Jacinda Arden's anything to go by, definitely not.

No. Most of these men have wives who 100% back them.

Although nearly every one of this summers rioters were men, most of them probably had women at home who backed them.

When you saw the Nazi’s, the KKK etc, they had wives and girlfriends.

Although these women aren’t in direct power, they enable and support and given the chance, they would do the same.

The world would be a better place if all politicians wanted to genuinely make the world a better place, were willing to collaborate for the greater good and were incorruptible.

You can add Giorgia Meloni and Alice Weidel to the list of Truss, Braverman et al above.

Very generally and briefly, I agree with this: 'No I think the nature of the leader is the issue and that trait is much more common in men but will also be present in the type of women who prevail. What we need is for good people to be in charge. And ideally a system where the egotistical evil 'type' doesn't rise to the top.'

The examples of women in power are a product of society as a whole (patriarchal). In essence they have had to out-man the men to reach positions of power. To be taken seriously they have had to present a tough(/masculine?) persona. Thatcher famously had voice coaching to lower her voice in order to be taken more seriously. Can we imagine the male politicians trying to speak at a higher register?

Female politicians are in those positions because they’ve played by patriarchal rules. Having only women rule under these circumstances wouldn’t make a difference.

Filter out anyone whose life ambition is to be a politician because they’re looking for power rather than making a difference (although I think there’s a difference here between emerging male and female politicians ). Instead bring in people to make decisions about the area they work/worked in to a high level, but representatives from all aspects of that area (eg drs, nurses, cleaners, porters) to get a holistic view of everything needed to successfully run whatever area it is.

I agree with you OP... I think fewer women would go to war... despite the war mongers quoted on this thread.

No I think the nature of the leader is the issue and that trait is much more common in men but will also be present in the type of women who prevail. What we need is for good people to be in charge. And ideally a system where the egotistical evil 'type' doesn't rise to the top.

The book divergent had a good model, although ridiculously exaggerated. Power was only assigned go those that didn't want it and weren't comfortable with it, never to those who sought it.

Braverman would be utterly repulsive whatever sex she was.

Truss, Hilary Clinton, Thatcher, Patel, Sturgeon, Merkel, Braverman.

Would be wonderful.

I don't want a society where either sex is oppressed by not being allowed to leave the house without being accompanied by the opposite sex.

What, with all the extra hormones we have.
I think I would fast become a megalomaniacal dictator for about 52 days a year😂😂

I don’t think there would be as much war, death and destruction, yet we get called the emotional ones!!!

Exactly this.

The trouble is that women in power in 2024, are moving in a patriarchal capitalist system.

It’s not enough to say “what if more women led at an international level”- you have to say “what if there was true equality for women, and women were equally represented in power at all levels- local, regional, national, in politics, industry etc? What if ideologically patriarchal social, cultural and economic dominance was systematically dismantled in favour of feminist ideology?”

This does not mean, by the way, men lose out. As bell hooks said, (I paraphrase) patriarchy hurts everyone- including men.

Its not enough to stick more women into the top level of a patriarchal system. You have to change it from the ground up, wholesale. That’s when you’ll see real change.

It doesn't matter what gender politicians are, what they all need to do is prioritise peace for the world to become more safe. We've allowed the warmongers to dictate policy for so long, we think there is no other way. There is. But there's no money in that for the military industrial complex. The people caught up in the middle east conflict are just collateral and viewed as such. So are ordinary people living everywhere, including Britain.

Absolutely not

Have you seen what posters on MN think is normal?

Women are not “worse” than men by any metric.

Women do not murder, rape, violently attack at anything like the rate of men. When women commit crime, it tends to be economic crime and is often linked to desperate poverty.

Women shoulder the majority of society’s caring roles, both paid and unpaid.

Countries and US states led by women weathered the covid crisis better and lost less people.

Companies with more women, perform better economically.

Countries with more women in govt are more prosperous.

I could go on…

Difficult to know (I realise I am stating the obvious)

The women cited as examples of why women would be terrible leaders have risen to prominence within a very very male dominated environment and it maybe that it takes a certain personality to achieve.

If the environment was very very female dominated then it may be that more favourable traits will be seen amongst our leaders, including the few men who break through their glass ceiling.