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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 day ago

How come backwards, 3rd World, and even Muslim countries elected a female head of state before America has?

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  • 1 day ago
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    For one thing, it is more likely to happen in a small country, other things being equal.

    If you look into it, you find that women heads of state in 3rd World countries are generally wives or other relatives of powerful or highly honored male politicians who have died.  It is almost as if they inherited office.  In at least one case, she actually did - Isabel de Peron was her husband's VP until he died.  Can you imagine the President's wife in the USA being the VP?  Benazir Bhutto was elected because her father was an important reformer.  It was similar with Corazon Aquino in Philippines.  

                                                                          

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    1 day ago

    its cause 3rd world countries are in their "give females more rights" mode and so elects females to show that progess. While the west also whines about female rights, these are  whining about special rights, women have all the rights men have, now they want women to have ceo positions, executive positions simply for being female so that doesnt jive with most people in america.

  • 1 day ago

    Because it is AMERICA that is 3rd world and backwards.  trump MADE it that way!  Go to Dubai or Qatar and tell me how america can compete.  It CAN'T!

  • 1 day ago

    America has all kinds of black female mayors,governors and police chiefs.

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    Because americans are the true animals, but if you call us that, we will destroy you, and take over your country and say it's in the name of justice and that we are heroes

  • Maybe that explains why they’re backwards and 3rd world still??

    Source(s): This would be a tasteless joke, you’re welcome
  • 1 day ago

    Dixie people are backward.

    Source(s): See new Georgia election law.
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