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To: Elroy who wrote (275597)	2/20/2006 2:34:27 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577031

I think you're stuck with the perspective of what you see in the ME, which is where you live. I see some fabulously talented foreign businesswomen having great acceptance by their "common folk" because the culture accepts women leadership at the top-most level. RE: "The failure of women outside the ruling dynastic family to gain positions of leadership" What I'm seeing is different than what you are seeing. I see women gain leadership positions by starting their own businesses, and whose entry is easier because it's okay if they are a female that doesn't want to go to a porno club with the IT guy. Maybe we are talking about different countries - the ME is a world onto itself.

To: Elroy who wrote (275597)	2/20/2006 3:14:22 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577031

When a country has an acceptance of women leaders at the top, this penetrates the middle and bottom levels of society, so they too become accepting of women leadership. The failure of women outside the ruling dynastic family to gain positions of leadership in Muslim countries proves you wrong. In the case of the USA, you've got women leadership being held back by the least common denominator. The success of women as leaders throughout US society - business, local politics, whatever area you want to list - proves you wrong. I think you raise a good point. I had never realized that women who ran foreign countries, esp from the third world, usually were from political dynasties in that country. However, there is still some validity to Amy's point. As you pointed out, the Kennedy family is a political dynasty in this country. Yet, I never heard discussions about Caroline running for president like I heard about John Jr. And from an educational POV, she was a better student and did not have the difficulty passing the bar that her brother did. When another Kennedy woman ran for governor of MD or VA, to my knowledge, there was no talk about her running for president later on. Like you point out, the US does not have a lot of political dynasties, but where we do, I don't see there being an equal opportunity for the female members to run for the presidency like with male members.