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Well... There sometimes happen strong woman being leaders and politicans. Like Margaret Thatcher, Indra Ghandi, Lakshmibai, Ching Shih (郑氏) Sigrid Storråda (Świętosława,probably she could be daughter of first Polish king Mieszko), Olga of Kiev, Cleopatra. But such list is short as powerful women capable of quite successful leadership are not majority among women indeed.
Like Merkel. She inherited a superbly run nation and did horribly when faced with key crises like the Syrian refugees and Crimea.
I wrote this to show how rare those examples are. And about Cleopatra...
She won with her brother. Seduced most powerful leader of her times - Ceasar. Later did the same with Mark Antonny. Were doing quite independent politics despite her country was weak. And yes technically Actium was "lost",but whole battle plan (already taken by Octavian's spy) was to escape from 2x stronger Octavian fleet - and that was exactly done - however with too big loses, the real reason Mark Antonny and Cleopatra lost were those too big loses and broken morale of soldiers. And this bitch tried to seduce also Octavian too but it not worked this time,and her army was shattered - it was why she committed suicide. Before this she send her (and Ceasar) son to India,unfortunately stupid kid (he was probably 17) believed some traitor and turned back - was captured and killed in the result.
Snake to boob was by the way then preferable alternative to be part of triumph of Octavian. In those times it was better than thing that happened to Vercingetorix after Ceasar won in Gallia. Many Roman senators committed suicides under ceasars too by cutting their veins. As for a women - she was quite competent leader in fact.
That's why I mentioned her.
She would die anyway. With dignity or with shame (after taking part in Octavian spectacle - Roman "triumph" was kind of military parade) .She chose dying with dignity.
Ancient Egipt was not democracy.It was kingdom. Such care about subjects was standard unfortunately then.
Christ did it all for a purpose.Moreover - he resurrected. And technically getting caught such way like him when you know they want to kill you is not so far from suicide.
Many samurai were committing suicides from smaller reasons - and I wouldn't call that cowardice. She was not only king doing that.Not only leader too. Remember Hannibal Barca ? (not a good guy by the way as Carthaginians were praising moloch)
Moreover - please not compare SON OF GOD to just some powerful women ok ?
My point is: NOT ALL WOMEN ARE INFERIOR TO MEN ! But MAJORITY of women are indeed not good leaders and so on And if you don't agree with me,then ok,say those your shit to Wendy Rogers.
PS: As this discussion goes so hard we shall calm down and end it maybe,as it not serves any more purpose.Especially purpose related to Q.
True, but most of these powerful women had strong men behind them. Look at Elizabeth 1 of England. Yes, a decent monarch, but around here was probably the most talented group of men ever available to a head of state.
Of course,but look - is male manager too less known that his team or takes all the splendor and majority of profit ? Also: good leadership INCLUDES choosing right people for the job. And I not mentioned Elizabet 1st mostly for reasons you mention - in her case it was more job of her lords and other nobles.