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delisen

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11. Held together by Ignorance & propaganda I think

Reply to dutch777 (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 9, 2024, 09:15 AM

Nov 9

There is misogyny in Mexico but it now has a woman president. Few Americans even know this fact, few Americans know about the Great Leap Forward on legal abortion in Mexico

Please read about Claudia Sheinbaum on Wikipedia and let us know what you that about how Mexican men and women have succeeded where we have seemed to be failing.

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Harris loss causes some to question what it will take to elect a woman president - PBS NewsHour [View all] Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 OP

Some question if we will ever have another election. Bluethroughu Nov 9 #1

Republic of Kosovo is 93% Muslim and it has had more women as president in its (checking notes) 16 year history ck4829 Nov 9 #2

I've wondered about this for awhile, especially since one of the most qualified candidates in U.S. history "lost" Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 #3

Fair question if highly qualified women like Harris and Clinton couldn't beat a clown like Trump dutch777 Nov 9 #4

Held together by Ignorance & propaganda I think delisen Nov 9 #11

Once again, I'm convinced we will never elect a woman as president. At least in my lifetime. Walleye Nov 9 #5

I remember wondering about this years ago, my first thought then was Barbara Boxer Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 #6

Any ideas on why Mexico has woman president? delisen Nov 9 #10

I honestly think it was less sexism, and more of the national environment. bearsfootball516 Nov 9 #7

When he ran in 2016, my friends and I agreed that we'd sooner vote for the next person who drove by Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 #8

Claudia Sheinbaum, woman, is now president Mexico delisen Nov 9 #9

The way things are going, we'll only have a woman as president when a Margaret-Thatcher type Republican woman Martin68 Nov 9 #12