What Every Man Should Know About Feminist Issues
Leadership
by Rod Van Mechelen
Copyright 1991, 1992 by Rod Van Mechelen
Despite pop-feminists assertions to the contrary, most women prefer male leaders.
In politics, they voted by the millions against Geraldine Ferraro. In business, far
more women oppose female leadership than men. (Women Vs. Women,
Tara Roth Madden, pp 176 - 177) Even in female organizations, most women
prefer male leaders. (Women Vs. Women, Tara Roth Madden, p 190)
One reason most women shun the idea of women in authority is that, then they
might have to accept responsibility for their actions:
Taking the high road on moral issues and maintaining a hands-off reserve at the
polls is in the interest of many women. The stakes are high. If through some
extraordinary transformation of the body politic, women were elected to top
government positions in great numbers, they could pose a danger. Suppose these
elected officials were to take women at their word and give them the equality that
many of them have been demanding? -- Women Vs. Women, Tara Roth
Madden, p 192
Pop-feminists might argue most women have no free choice in the matter, that they
have been brainwashed by an oppressive culture to put men ahead of themselves.
This would be an easy argument to accept but for one detail -- most men, who are
subject to the same "brainwashing" in this case, do not oppose women in leadership
positions.
By 1985, only 5 percent of men surveyed in a Baylor University study were
prejudiced against female leaders. (Women Vs. Women, Tara Roth
Madden, p 177) Thus, while our socialization must have something to do with it,
pop-feminists can't pin the blame for lack of female leaders on men.
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