Politics are defined as “the total complex of relations between people living in a society” (Merriam-Webster). With that definition, it seems appropriate that the political leaders are notable orators. Able to awe and inspire the people being represented. However, there had been a grave lack of excitement until 2010. In the United States presidential election, all forms of communication grew animated sharing the news that a woman, Hillary Clinton was being taken as a serious contender for president. The 2010 election buzz caused many to wonder why a woman running for president was such a big deal, and have come to realize that having a woman be leader is a natural choice. Women make more compelling leaders because of the way they are raised, …show more content…
From the time children are old enough to play with other kids, girls are taught to be nice, and stay clean. While boys are allowed to wrestle, compete, and play in the mud. Thus leading to a lack of innate competition in girls, and an overabundance in boys. Proof of this opposing behavior can be seen on playgrounds; according to Helen Fisher an anthropologist from Rutgers University, girls roam and play in leaderless groups known as “flat packs” (War of the Sexes). Behavior like this is how women learn to listen and negotiate with one another. Of course, not all little girls fit these parameters, causing their mothers to worry for them. For these black sheep, their mothers reign them in, and teach them to be more cautious, like Kellie Young in “The …show more content…
When in politics, a collaborative approach to problems leads to a more progressive term in power. Luckily women are naturally collaborative within groups. This is because women have no use of feeling dominant over others. Women tend to be more likely to listen to the problems of others around them, probably because of maternal tendencies built into one another. Margaret thatcher once said “If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” As the years have passed this saying has come to show that women are in fact better listeners. In The Rhetoric of Women and Politics, there is a statistic provided that “52% of constituents relate to issues backed by women politicians.” (Rhetoric). Simply foolish to assume that this is coincidental, women have ‘staked out’ the people before running for any office. There is a test in War of the Sexes that proves the collaborative style of leadership is mainly female, in this test three privates are to be inspected by those being tested, except they are set up to fail. The men approach their privates and start barking out things that need to be fixed, staying detached from the problems of the privates. The women unsurprisingly approach this situation completely differently, asking about the things wrong with the privates and