The much discussed distrust of women as U.S. presidential candidates, be it Hillary Clinton few years ago, or Kamala Harris now appears puzzling at first sight. Google, IBM, Xerox, Yahoo, HP, the Fed, government departments, national advisers, never mind fashion and cosmetics – all have had women at their helm.
The UK had Margaret Thatcher (and Queen Elisabeth and Queen Victoria in the past); Germany had Angela Merkel; constantly under-threat-of-war-and-terror Israel had the late Golda Meir. Can it be the case that none of the American women candidates have been adequate, or is there something else going on?
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