Boris wants women in charge of enemy nations, and men in charge of friendly ones, the implication being that women will be passive and submissive. It’s just sexism applied via a geopolitical lens, it’s very dumb
also history is so clearly full of contrary examples, for better or worse. Many female leaders, especially divinely ordained feudal nobles, carried out unspeakable crimes against other women. And of course men. I recall the "human pig" incident of empress dowager Lu Zhi...
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"Lü Zhi had emperor Hui's Concubine Qi killed in an inhumane manner: she had Qi's limbs chopped off, eyes gouged out, ears sliced off, nose sliced off, tongue cut out, forced her to drink a potion that made her mute, and threw her into a latrine. She called Qi a "human swine" (人彘). Several days later, Emperor Hui was taken to view the "human swine" and was shocked to learn that it was Concubine Qi.
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Boris wants women in charge of enemy nations, and men in charge of friendly ones, the implication being that women will be passive and submissive. It’s just sexism applied via a geopolitical lens, it’s very dumb
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and also Hillary explicitly running on a "I will start wars" platform. In 2008 she made a campaign promise to "obliterate Iran"
also history is so clearly full of contrary examples, for better or worse. Many female leaders, especially divinely ordained feudal nobles, carried out unspeakable crimes against other women. And of course men. I recall the "human pig" incident of empress dowager Lu Zhi...
mother of all content warnings for unspeakable violence
"Lü Zhi had emperor Hui's Concubine Qi killed in an inhumane manner: she had Qi's limbs chopped off, eyes gouged out, ears sliced off, nose sliced off, tongue cut out, forced her to drink a potion that made her mute, and threw her into a latrine. She called Qi a "human swine" (人彘). Several days later, Emperor Hui was taken to view the "human swine" and was shocked to learn that it was Concubine Qi.