The Suffragents website is the place to visit if you like to read the unvarnished truth about women and feminism. The subjects are dealt with frankly and with considerable humour.
Athos, one of the three musketeers who write on the site, in his article on “Women in High office” has this to say:
“A short while ago I came across a website of quotations. It was, quite obviously, run by some man-hating feminist as I realised when I read the section on men and the section on women. The latter contained the following quote:
‘I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.’
This must be out of date as almost every woman elected so far has proved more incompetent than any man.
The main reasons women don’t get elected are :
Men are more competent, more business-minded, and have a stronger work ethic than women, whereas women want all the benefits enjoyed by males, without having to work as hard as their male counterparts. In short, they want ‘equality’ just for being women, regardless of the fact that most people don’t want women chefs, women clergy, women councillors, AMs or MPs, women pilots, women soldiers, women policepersons, women busdrivers, women builders or heavy plant operators, women engineers (their brains can’t absorb anything more technical than how to turn a tap on), women managers (a contradiction in terms, of course) or women in any responsible position where other people have to be dependent on them.”
(To read the complete article go to: http://suffragents.freehostia.com/politicalmatters.html)
Almost everyone in the UK will recall the great victory of 12 years ago when Tony Blair was swept to power promising “change” for the better with none of the “sleaze” we saw in the Conservative party which preceded him. We all remember the “Blair Babes” which for some (unexplained) reason was supposed to “improve” the business of the House of Commons.
But what a total let-down it’s been! Blair left the sinking Labour ship just before it hit the rocks and many of his supporters are looking to jump ship before it goes down at the next election and hundreds of Labour MPs lose their jobs.
And the Babes? Even as I write, two of them in the Cabinet are busy stabbing Gordon Brown in the back and the female Home Secretary is under investigation for corruption. Yes, Athos is correct: almost every female MP so far elected has proved to be more incompetent (not to mention corrupt and over-ambitious) than any man.
As most people know, the “thinking” of politicians is about ten years behind that of most of the public, so that, despite the absolute failure of the Blair Babes, the leaders of all the major parties are planning some “women-only” candidates’ lists in the hope of getting that non-existant “female vote”. With the demise of feminism as we entered this new century, the majority of women will now freely assert that they no longer vote for a politician “because she’s a woman”; they’ve been let down too many times.
As I’ve said elsewhere in this blog, women who manage to become MPs, (albeit not on merit by by the “backdoor” of the “women-only” lists,) assume, and act, as though they are there “to represent women”. Harriet Harman, the current Deputy Prime Minister is a case in point; she moves from one disaster area to another with her underhand schemes to advance “the cause of women” whatever that might be.
Fortunately the UK will have another general election next year and two things are quite certain to happen. The first is that the Labour government will be thrown out of office possibly even coming in third after the Liberal Democrats. This means that any “Brown Babes” will be thin on the ground in the House of Commons, and if David Cameron, as Leader of the Conservative Party, is any sort of pragmatist, the number of “Cameron Chicks” will be fairly nominal.
Why? Not only the UK but the whole world is in a gargantuan financial mess, and when things are in a mess, people look to MEN to sort things out. I forecast that the population of the UK will indicate this with their votes.
You are right to point out the negative consequences of all women shortlists – such measures are expressions of bigotry dressed up as ’social justice’ and nothing more.
That said I think you should acknowledge that women CAN be as competent as men in high office when they get there on merit alone. Not to acknowledge this fact only sets you up as a mirror image of the very bigotry you are trying to counter in my opinion and that would be a shame because then the merit in your message gets lost also .
By: lenfirewood on June 28, 2009
at 10:37 am
Why only mention Harriet Harman? What about Hazel Blears and Jacqui Smith? Now there’s a trio of walking disasters if ever there was one!
Nor should any hopes be held out for David Cameron. Reports claim he is as “mangina-ified” as they come.
Alas poor Britain!
By: Roy on July 3, 2009
at 4:44 pm