Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-kirk!mark From: mark@hp-kirk.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: women as world leaders - (nf) Message-ID: <1413@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Jul-83 03:33:52 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.1413 Posted: Tue Jul 26 03:33:52 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 00:24:39 EDT Sender: netnews@hp-pcd.UUCP Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis OR Lines: 23 #R:umcp-cs:-86000:hp-kirk:16500009:000:1289 hp-kirk!mark Jul 22 07:51:00 1983 Not any man can become a world leader. The path to becoming a world leader is one that definitely favors the ambitious and the aggressive over the less ambitious and non-aggressive. If a world ruled by less aggressive people would be more peaceful and if women tend to be less aggressive than men then a world ruled by women would tend to be more peaceful. However, this type of thinking is the same sort of thing that has resulted in the discrimination issues that are so prevalent today. If a peaceful world is desired then the trait we should look for in world leaders is lack of aggressiveness regardless of the sex. I think the female leaders the world has seen to date have been no more peaceful than the average leader. This I would attribute to the above stated supposition that what is required to become a world leader today is ambition and aggression and if women have these traits then they can make it, but the world isn't going to be any more peaceful. a public service bulletin courtesy of Death Rowe ...!hplabs!hp-cvd!mark Corvallis, Oregon