Making a big deal of the female card

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Making a big deal of the female card

Published: 9 Mar 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Life

I am a big fan of German chancellor Angela Merkel. However, I know the character of this German leader is less exciting compared to "The Iron Lady" (former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher), Nobel Peace prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, or even Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose rise and fall in the motley Philippine politics plus the silicone breast implant saga, make her life an ideal script for a blockbuster movie.

Thus, I wonder if any film-makers will do a movie about how Angela Merkel tackles the Eurozone debt crisis?

I like her because I admire the quality of her earnest, self-effacing and effortless charisma _ the traits I find in this first female chancellor of Germany.

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geoffo
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Discussion 5 : 10 Mar 2012 at 09.295
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D3 two wrongs dont make a right. Where the other person used vulgar language is irrelevant

The article is about the defense used by YS. She could have avoided the fuss with a firm answer on day one but for two weeks she ducked and dived like a kid sprung for stealing cup cakes and then she used a "woe is me" defense.

If a male said "I am a respectable married man and would not do those things" we would still be laughing -true ? -so why is it different for her.
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Discussion 4 : 10 Mar 2012 at 00.254
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johninbkk (d3). "YS never used the 'female card'"
YS said: "she is a "lady" and thus will not commit such an unbecoming act."
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"She also demanded respect in the name of motherhood."

Both statements are using the 'female card'. The clues are 'lady' and 'motherhood'.
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Discussion 3 : 09 Mar 2012 at 20.463
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YS never used the 'female card'. She was responding to the highly sexist and vulgar statements about 'northern women' which were made by the very same man who was stalking her in that hotel. If you read what he said, you would would understand. Whats more curious is the fact that these very same feminists never condemned his public comments:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/265534/from-a-mind-dirtier-than-a-pigsty
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Discussion 2 : 09 Mar 2012 at 14.322
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Well said.
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Discussion 1 : 09 Mar 2012 at 11.431
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Lesson1. Well i do agree somewhat with what you say. The article is good. But sometimes being a feminist can back fire. In my opinion all ladies not matter who they are or what background they come from should be respected.A lady needs not to be forcefull as some of the above mentioned have been(Mrs T for one)to achive there aims. It also depends on others attitudes towards the lady in question. ladies are multi tasking which men find it hard to do. They work at home and in the workplace tirelessly bringing up a family. I know some men also do this. But how many men can bear a child? deal with all the changes in hormones that ladies go through and still work both at home and in the workplace. This already earns a lady great respect alone.
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