"Brazil is ready to be led by a woman", candidate Dilma Rousseff said

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AFP - The woman vying to become Brazil's first female president said Friday that the most populated country in Latin America is ready for a female at the helm.

"Brazil is ready to be led by a woman," Dilma Rousseff said in a speech to political and business leaders in New York.

Rousseff, the favourite of outgoing leftwing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said she could bring unique benefits.
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Rousseff is campaigning on a platform of continuing Lula's policies, which sought to address massive social inequality and poverty in Brazil.

afp, http://www.france24.com/en/20100521-brazil-ready-first-woman-president-candidate




good luck, dilma!

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. too bad the USA isn't

not trying to start a flame war or a Hillary-woulda-done-better conflict. I just don't think a woman can win here. Good luck to Dilma!

[left coaster]

2. "too bad the USA isn't"...

Yeah, and you're right, it won't be coming for quite some time.. if ever..

And I can't blame it all on the men who have such an irrational fear of actually seeing a woman in a position of power, like the presidency.. it takes a lot of self-loathing, or, at the very least, deeply insecure women to maintain the status quo..

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. it takes both

I can't pretend I undestand the psychological makeup of the female - or male - voter, but I do know we women have a long way to go before we're truly viewed as equal in all ways, including in politics.