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The rule of Margaret Thatcher in the UK should put paid to any idea that women leaders can't be just as horrible as men. "Thatcher" is still a cuss-word in our circle, to be hissed through the teeth with vehement loathing.
A representative democracy, pretty much by definition I would have thought, should contain a representative selection of all sectors of society amongst it's elected leaders. I know of few self-proclaimed demacracies that are even close. Our political systems encourage pointless game playing over substantive ,forward-thinking policy, and I still think boys, of all ages, are more inclined to pointless game-playing. How many female wargamers do you know?
