It’s understandable that whenever most of us think of a leader, a male figure comes to mind. Maybe it’s because the world we have been living in, is and has been blessed with an array of inspiring leaders that fall under the male category. But truth be told, women are also right up there amongst the 'Obama’s' of this world when it comes to leadership. The question is who is better at it?
I would presume that if the overwhelming odds end up favouring men, women would label society as sexist and if the tables were turned, men would be in deep denial. But putting aside their own gender defence, both men and women are equally in line to believe that they are superior from each other, leadership wise.
My stance is that men and women are equally competent at leadership. The conventional believe however, is that men are physically stronger as back in the stone age, men hunted and protected women from danger, which meant they were required to be the decision makers. This sad fact, caused women to believe men were better in every aspect, when in truth they were just physically stronger at most.
This goes to show, that we perceive those who stand alone to make decisions for others with 'tremendous respect'. Given this historical aspect, men seem to have had an advantage, while women have been overlooked.
The likes of Indira Gandhi (the first female Prime Minister of India) or Margaret Thatcher aka the Iron Lady (the British politician and former Prime Minister of the U.K.) are one of the many women that made it through the biased time to prove that they were equally capable or better at leadership. They do in fact have a much better sense of weighing the options compared to men.
Most men are possessive and rigid when it comes to what they believe in. Rarely do they even consider another’s opinion or alternative as they have this sense of 'I know what I’m doing', which is confident yes, but not the wisest move. That is not to say women are spotless, but in the end it is a generalization.
Men and women should not be conformed to gender specification, as the saying goes, 'women can play football, men can cook'. Of course it would be a whole lot easier if we could say that men are better leaders because of so and so, or women are better leaders because of this and that.
But we humans are different. There are no two men that are alike and vice versa. So unless all men are the same or all women are the same, there is no possible way to generalize who’s better at anything, let alone leadership.
