Of course, women can lead

So, some guy on a recurring podcast is telling us women should not lead and it is a sign of weakness when they do? Really? I heard a Republican legislator say something similar about not being able to be masculine in this country. Really?

If that was not ironic enough, we were watching a movie the other night made in the early 1970s, where the two male leads were chatting about it not being a man's world anymore and we should take our country back. Does that sound familiar? It should be noted this was still at the start of the women's movement who were protesting they are tired of not getting opportunity and equal pay. The country was still being led by men when this movie was set.

What I find of interest is an article which appeared about this legislator. Its point is if this bothers you so much Mr. Legislator, then why is the most masculine acting person in the Republican party a woman? Her name is Rep. Liz Cheney and she has far more courage than the men in her party, with the exception maybe of Rep. Adam Kinzinger who was an Air Force pilot and can rival her courage. Some people may disagree with them, but they are standing up for our constitution knowing they will be vilified, yet do so anyway. Speaking of courage, Cassidy Hutchinson and Dr. Fiona Hill also have an abundance of courage, telling the truth with threats against them.

And, the guy his fans think is so tough, who called his VP a wimp for not breaking the law, cannot bring himself to admit he lost an election, may be found culpable in an insurrection against Congress and has furthered our divisions with his antics. Not very manly or very adult-like is it? Plus, he is the same guy who refused to do a debate on Fox News if a woman named Meghan Kelly was on the next panel as she asked him hard questions last time. She was there for the next one, he was not.

For the women-not-being-suited-to-lead-dude, Mary Barra is the CEO and Chair of General Motors, Carly Fiorina was the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company, Angela Merkel of Germany was the leader of the free world for years and Jacinda Ardern had the gumption to get better gun governance passed in New Zealand after a mass shooting. Golda Meir led Israel during a very tumultuous time. And, while I am not a huge fan of their theatrics, Margaret Thatcher was so tough, she was referred to as the "Iron Lady" and Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House for the second time.

In an oft-quoted book called "Half the sky" by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn, the Chinese proverb on which the title is based is "women hold up half the sky." Any community or country that does not bear that in mind is not only being unfair to women, they are being unfair to themselves as they are competing in a world with only half their assets.

Of course, women can lead. And, they can do no worse than many of the men who have been in such roles. Often, they do better.