Would a woman make a better or worse president of the US?

Answer 1

It is difficult to generalize on this topic. Some women would be better presidents, and some women would be worse presidents. It has been suggested that what is between your ears matters far more than what is between your legs; in other words, your Biology is not as important as what actions you would take to improve the country. Over the years, there have been a number of myths about what a woman president might be like: some myths say a woman president might bring world peace, but others say a woman president might not be tough enough. Such assumptions, both pro and con, are just that: unproven, and often based on stereotypes about women.

That said, there have been efforts to promote a woman for president since 1884, when a woman attorney named Belva Lockwood managed to get about 4000 men to vote for her (women did not yet have the right to vote). In 1934, another woman attorney, Lillian Rock, even formed a committee to draft a woman for president, but she ran into unexpected opposition from Eleanor Roosevelt, who believed women were not yet ready for a presidential run, since they had only gotten the vote in 1920. Mrs. Roosevelt believed women needed more political experience; Miss Rock disagreed, and the two debated about it, but nothing changed. It wasn't until 2007-2008, when Hillary Clinton made her run for the Democratic nomination (and received millions of votes) that it seemed a woman might be a serious candidate, and that both men and women would be willing to champion her candidacy. But at this point, there is no way of knowing how a woman president might do, since the United States has not yet elected one.