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When will America have a female president?

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Peaceandnamaste · 26-30, F
Someone downvoted me!
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
Me too and many others. @Peaceandnamaste
@Peaceandnamaste Posters who hate women, obviously.
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BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
Really it’s a simple neutral question @CelestiaStella
CelestiaStella · 22-25, F
@bijouxbroussard not necessarily. Policies are way more important than whether or not a candidate has titties over a penis. Unless your focus is solely on satisfying the diversity quota
@CelestiaStella On that point, I agree, and would never suggest electing an unqualified woman. But just because the candidate has a [b]penis[/b] doesn’t necessarily make him qualified, either. There have been competent women in Congress, the Senate, several Governors, our current VP.
Why [b]not[/b] the top spot at some point ?
CelestiaStella · 22-25, F
@bijouxbroussard I didn't say that having a penis qualified you for office. I just said that just having boobs and a vagina doesn't qualify you, either, which was the implication of the op.

And I myself would consider maybe one or two of those women you mentioned to actually be fit for office.
@CelestiaStella I suppose it’s up to interpretation. She simply asked when, and it’s a fair question, imo— you can’t honestly believe that [b]every[/b] man in politics would actually be fit for the office ?
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
You are projecting your interpretation of the OP, you read your own agenda into it. @CelestiaStella
CelestiaStella · 22-25, F
@bijouxbroussard They certainly [i]should[/i] be fit and it's not unreasonable to make it a demand.
@CelestiaStella And in that I totally agree. And since women make up slightly over 50% of our national population, there’s no logical reason that a qualified woman shouldn’t be president. But there is still some bias—even from some other women, unfortunately.
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
I guess she blocked me, I’m so glad@bijouxbroussard
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@bijouxbroussard I do worry that electing such a person might just lead to a backlash as occured after Mr Obama was elected!
@samueltyler2 What is the solution, then ? To [b]not[/b] ever consider a qualified woman candidate because of sexism ? Or to not consider another qualified person of color because of backlash from racists, as what happened with Obama ?
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@bijouxbroussard we are speaking about the USA. I find it interesting that so much of the world is so far ahead of this!

I wish I were wise enough, to suggest how to achieve electing the best qualified person. Currently having a sitting Vice President helps, society needs to deal with the current disinformation, and hate, and then, maybe, we will be ready.
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
@samueltyler2 a similar thing was backlash because Trump did not get re-elected, using this logic he would have been allowed to stay in office, there will be backlash if he is held accountable for his criminal activity too, so using fear of backlash logic we just let it ride? No, we need to expose the backlash. I voted for Elizabeth Warren in the primary and for Hillary Clinton against Trump, I’ll do it again. I’m ready for backlash we have prisons for law breakers.
@samueltyler2 @BackyardShaman It is so weird, that this isn’t even a question in other countries. These are all countries that currently have a woman as their head of state:

Zimbabwe
New Zealand
Iceland
China
Germany
Bangladesh
Namibia
Nepal
Serbia
Singapore
Kosovo
Trinidad/Tobago
Barbados
Georgia
Slovakia
Denmark
Greece
Togo
Gabon
Estonia
Lithuania
Finland
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