Humans naturally have a tendency to judge others based on their gender on what one can do or cannot. Women and men have equal rights before the law, and all are capable of performing particular duties including public positions. However, men have emerged top priority in certain jobs in the past and the present. It is from this standpoint that the author Eleanor Roosevelt asks the question “Can a woman be President?" A woman can be elected as a president, but may not probably be president because of the inferior perception of women in the society.
Women have the potential to serve as better leaders than men due to their emotional configuration and hence are capable of understanding the needs and sufferings of the people they lead as quoted in the book, "women bear pain better than men and they carry greater sympathy than men." An administrative role is a dominant position mostly thought to be fit for a male candidate based on the customs and experience they have acquired (Kennedy 302). Men are known to be stronger leaders from a physical standpoint than women, and that makes them the more preferred candidate by the public. However, the world does not only need strong leaders, but also those who can also react rationally to their surroundings. Physical strength is not a sufficient quality for a presidential candidate, and therefore the people need someone who can express emotions and be able to address their humanitarian needs, and women are the most suitable based on these grounds (Kennedy 303). The fact that women can naturally involve emotions in their judgments places them at far much better positions to become better Presidents than men. The author supports this by saying, “ it may well be that the greater imaginative sympathy with women will make a woman a better President than a man of equal ability, for she will understand more easily many situations in which the unfortunates of the world find themselves.” (Kennedy 303). Additionally, the nature of women to express sensations has made them fight mostly for civil rights and see to it that they exist with integrity. This is one of the reasons why women long for leadership and the author quotes that, "if the present trend toward humanitarian interests in the government for the next few years in all probability there would be a woman President." (Kennedy 304).
In conclusion, women's rights are always undermined in the society compared to men, and it's for this reason that their potential to participate in powerful leadership positions experiences less attention as opposed to men. Women have equal rights just as men and should not be judged as the weaker sex and their nature to react emotionally should not stop the society from using them as leaders but as an advantage to making better leaders.
Work Cited
Kennedy, Caroline. A Patriot's Handbook. New York: Hyperion, 2006. 302-305
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