by Marie Devine

Created on: March 27, 2008

Though women have proven to be as qualified as men to lead a nation, male leaders can develop closeness with the majority male leaders that a female leader cannot do. They can also disagree more fervently with an opposing opinion without male egos being trampled on. There is the disadvantage to women that a man will not easily turn from his idea to a woman leader's plan because of the unspoken pressure that he will be mocked for letting a woman take his lead. Male leaders usually have wives who can offer contrasting ideas and who better hear the women's ideas as they are presented in various ways, so the women's viewpoints do get assessed without the male verses female pressures.

Women with seemingly no political power have great power to make changes that are needed. In her neighborhood and "church" when she promotes an idea or a solution to other women, these other women have husbands, fathers, brothers and sons so the ideas are getting to the places needed to make changes. They will be debated and any wise solutions will be accepted perhaps more easily than if she were a political leader presenting the idea at a conference. The lead time for discussion is powerful to gain support and to disclose weaknesses and strengths of the idea and to compare them with the ideas presently on the table.

In developing countries and in developed countries, women who are not looking to show they are superior to men or looking to receive a name for themselves can achieve great advancement of their causes. Whether a woman or a man is leading, if they do not use God's written wisdom, they will have opposition and they will bring prosperity to their nation only with bondage and sorrow. Our world has had seemingly brilliant women leaders even in our greatest nations; but they could not bring peace nor solve world problems.

Many people want to establish women as leaders in developing countries because they believe a woman should have the right to work outside the home and establish her own identity and career. It sounds like a good idea until you see the result it has on a the families and the whole culture.

The United States has many women leaders in government and in business and many more women work in various positions outside the home. So far, we live in a state of denial thinking that we have done a good thing for women and society. The evidence shows that we are using flawed judgment and ignoring the evidence seeming to shout at us from many areas.

Women outside the home contribute to an increase in divorce and bad health due to poor nutrition. Children are raised by strangers with no authority to discipline and they have become disrespectful, lazy, and mostly useless to themselves and their family and community. They are a danger to themselves and the community.

Our daughters no longer understand their purpose in society to bear children, guide them and hold the family and community together with love and helpfulness. Many women now realize that they cannot be a proper mother and wife while working outside the home. Now many are giving up seemingly great careers for the fulfilling job of loving and caring for their families.

With evidence that is strong, it is best that a male lead a developing nation and his wife be an example of a woman at home as a support and help for her husband, her children and her community.

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