-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Dr. Core" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Back in the old days? Like the sport of witch burning in Europe? > > Take a very recent example, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg broke off > from the Kingdom of the Netherlands because they were "not willing to > accept a (female) Grand Duchess under Salic law" (quote from > Wikipedia). > > That was in 1890, about 3 decades into the reign of Empress Dowager > Cixi in China, and exactly 1200 years after Wu Zetian assumed the > formal Emperor title for the 15 years. Granted, conventional wisdom > tends to paint both female rulers negatively. > > Then, there's Jiang Qing who deserves every bits of hate thrown at her. What I meant was that back in the old days, it is not possible for females to be "anything" in politics, except when they are some sort of royalty. Yes, they still do not like having female as their leader (I dread what would happen if the other Clinton is elected), but at least have some sort of say. I doubt Marina's "sidekick" can say do anything other than influencing Marina to affect the government. -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
