Would the UK (or your country) be better if it were led my women or even specifically mothers?

[Cathyinsurrey]

If there was a political party solely of women or even solely mothers, would it be better?
What values or policies would mothers lead with? What would be the key priorities?

Mothers' party - it would probably result in further marginalisation of the childfree/childless who already do very badly out of the state compared to parents.

But ….. but ……. Liz Truss 😱

Maggie Thatcher, Andrea Leadsom and not just to single out Tories, that incompetent liar Rachel Reeves. All mothers. All terrible.

No.

How bloody offensive.

You'd fit right in with Andrea Leadsom and JD Vance though.

Yes. Also look what a disappintment the Women’s Equality Party turned out to be. It would, at the very least, need to be a party of women the sex, not people with a feminine gender identity.

No, I doubt it would be any better.

I came here to say Liz Truss and I wasn’t the first.

You remind me of those women who when they want to make a point always start it with

"As a Mother"

As somehow them having children makes there opinion better than everyone else's

Even those who know more about the subject than they do

No I do not support your idea

You need a range of opinions and lifestyles

Else you end up with parties with some narrow minded people who only concentrate on certain aspects

No. I give you Margaret Thatcher and Liz Truss.

No doubt there are women who could do a good job, but being female isn't an automatic qualification

No it wouldn’t be better because mothers can still have the negative qualities that the current people in power have.

No, I think you need a government that represents everyone. Too much of any one demographic would lead to lots of unfairness, I think.

You forget to succeed you often have to be very make identified especially in a patriarchy. These women may do the feminine things expected of them I.e having children but they may not actually like or want the best for women. They mainly want approval from men.

No. Women and mothers can still be awful people, you don’t just have a baby and suddenly become a saint.

If anyhthing I think government made entirely of mothers would be even more self interested. Mothers will literally do anything to benefit their own children.

No, it would be no better with mothers in charge.
It would be better with more diverse class representation amongst MPs though.

Specifically mothers 🙄

There’s a big percentage of people in power who shouldn’t be near that power. Over time you’d end up with a different kind of inequality like those with children vs those without children which is unacceptable. Having children or being born a certain sex isn’t an achievement or something to be proud of- sex is arbitrary and motherhood should be a choice by people who have the financial and emotional capability for it.

Why mothers? Does producing offspring make you an expert on everything? Is it the hormones?

I don't understand your point. Are you saying mothers mainly want approval from men because they've had children (usually with men), women who succeed are seeking approval from men because they need to be male orientated in order to succeed? Or are you saying something else entirely?

Yes! Well it would be better for us.

Maybe not better for men

Everyone starts to get corrupted by power. So a female majority government would start to improve things for women only, not men.

That's why we need a balance of genders in power.

Absolutely this. Are women who are childless somehow lesser? What a load of awful, divisive, self satisfied crap.

Ugh I wish I could edit my typo there. The latter, it is more likely that those who succeed into high positions are more male identified. They can get through under the current system so would feel less need to change it for one.

Also getting to such high positions of authority requires the approval and respect of men. Not saying that you do not get some out the box free thinkers occasionally but the patriarchy begets the patriarchy whether the face is male or female. They are all usually agents of it.

No.

Our society needs to be represented and run by all of us, not just a particular group - no matter who that group is.

Data does show that women make better leaders, not least of which because, on a national leader level, they perform better than men in a crisis. (I've only included a couple of links, but there are loads, including more up to date reports indicating the performance gap between male and female leaders is widening.) That doesn't mean ANY woman would be a fantastic leader, just like not all men in positions of power are equally good or bad. If there was a more balanced approach to women in senior roles across the private and public sector, then it wouldn't stand out so much that a single woman failed, it would just be a person who was crap at that job.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2021/03/06/data-shows-women-make-better-leaders-who-cares/

https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1475-6765.12707