Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Gangale
As Theresa May emerged as the United Kingdom's new prime minister, I posted on Facebook:
"WOW! What are the odds that there might be a female German chancellor, a female UK prime minister, and a female US president simultaneously? Is that hitting the trifecta or what?"
One response was:
"Yes, if you believe the primary qualification for such offices is a uterus. I'd like to think the best person should win and gender does not matter."
I replied:
"As an idealistic proposition, I would also like to think that the best person should win and gender does not matter, and race does not matter, and religion does not matter, and sexual orientation does not matter, and age does not matter, et cetera. I do not think that is a realistic outlook in a heterogeneous world. We view the world differently because of the different people we are according to one measure or another. If this were not the case, there would be no value in diversity. Our ability to understand and to learn from different perspectives makes us as individuals richer intellectually and morally, and perhaps even as a nation stronger economically and militarily. Thus, all other things being equal, diversifying the 228-year history of the US presidency to include one uterus is a good in itself if it happens."
On a lighter note, another person responded:
"You forgot that France has a female president."
I replied:
"Eh? François Hollande est une femme? Dites-le est pas!"
Thomas Gangale's Lies and Politics
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