Women Rule

“Should Women Rule” in the Atlantic Magazine promotes women to rule because of women are generally “more practical than men”. “Let Women Rule”, a scholarly article by Swanee Hunt also discusses the significance of women in power. Unfortunately, there is a lack of women in high government positions. Around the world, “115 countries note that women have closed over 90 percent of the gender gap in education and in health but only 15 percent of it when it comes to political empowerment at the highest levels”. As for the United States, only “16 of 100 members of the Senate and 71 of 435 members of the House of Representatives are women.” As proposed by Francis Fukuyama Women and the Evolution of World Politics,” women in government would decrease conflict and increase cooperation. Promoting peace was stated in both article: “Should Women Rule” and Let Women Rule”. Although women are shown to improve politics, one of the main reasons why they chose not to run as heads of governments is partly their choice. As Nurgul Djanaeva, the head of 88 Kyrgyz women's groups, stated, “the only way for me to feed my family, while working in government, is to be corrupt, so I'd rather work for an NGO and have a living wage." The other part is turned over to men, who feel that women are too soft to deal with political leadership. Due to the influence of men, women, who have to fight against the norm, feel that they are not qualified for office.