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President of the Russian Federation – a woman?!

Russia's President is a woman! Well, rather ... It would be nice if the head of the state were a lady!
  
In general, this idea has already occurred to many representatives of women's movements, but, unfortunately, people have perceived it as a feminists' fancy and something obviously frivolous. In Russia, women in politics, as a rule, are not taken seriously. And why? Let's talk about it.
  
Why is it when the same idea (a woman for presidency) is expressed by a man, people do not laugh, but get surprised and sometimes even start thinking? The answer is simple: because we have patriarchy in our country. In politics, men sit, as a rule, in all bodies: they run the country, knock loudly with their boots on pulpits at the Duma, and fight, by the way, right up there! A dangerous instability of the political system is created specifically by this gender imbalance: there are too many men and very few women in politics...
  
They say that men and women think differently. They say a man can never understand a woman, and vice versa. But we still have people of different sexes and, therefore, get shocking inconsistencies in our country... Ladies have to adjust willy-nilly to the decisions of state men, which is not absolutely correct. Everything should be, presumably, in harmony, while in Russia the lopsidedness in favor of male participation is simply flagrant. The masterminds of our country are always looking in one direction; it looks like all the people have one of their cerebral hemispheres disabled. We need the other hemisphere – the female one.
  
The presence of women in leadership positions, to some extent, contributes to changes and improvements in gentlemen's conduct. Even a desire to please the male boss and a desire to meet the requirements of a female chief (regardless of age and other things) have different motives. In the second case, a creative component of motivation increases, which means that professional abilities become embodied in activities to a fuller and more varied degree. And this is a big plus, isn't it?
  
The image of a political leader of Russia should probably look like this: it is a woman who loves and respects men, able to mobilize their creative energy. However, a lot of work is required to ensure that the mass consciousness of Russians ceases to reject women's leadership and, ideally, the image of a woman as the head of state.
  
Most of the ladies, known for their social or political activities in our country, are perceived by the people in a frame like "she paved a road with her breasts", "probably a prostitute", etc. However, if the woman's appearance does not fit in such a category, there is another suitable stereotype ready to apply: "got no man, hence jumpy", or "she must be a hell of a bitch, sure". This type of mentality does not always reflect reality. Women have become more independent and try to pave their way up the career ladder with their wits (yes, they tend to use their own mind now!). One problem: not always the trousers give more rights to the skirts. Therefore, for a woman to become president, it is necessary to change the established opinion of the excessive weakness of the weaker sex.
  
Meanwhile, the majority of Russians (55%) believe that a woman can probably become president in the next 10-20 years. Ladies tend to give this answer more frequently than men (58% vs. 51%). Relatively often, rural residents (60%), as well as residents of the Urals (70%) and Siberia (65%) assume that a woman can become president. About a third of Russians (30%) consider it impossible that a woman may take the highest office in the state. Most often, this point of view is favored by people with higher education (36%) and residents of the Central Federal District (37%).
  
Some Russians, while admitting the opportunity to vote for a woman presidential candidate, proceed from the principle of gender equality (4%). Some are just interested to look at how the feminine management of the state will differ from the masculine (6%).

By Lyubov Yu. Moskvina, BCM.ru staff writer
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