Women Rule…Men Drool

By Shlomo Maital  

     While writing a magazine column about two extraordinary Israeli women, who have organized a massive project to bring food to reserve IDF soldiers —  I came to understand the special quality women bring to leadership.

     Focus, determination – and minimal ego.  Unlike some male ‘leaders’, whose egos exceed the mass of a small galaxy (spoiler:  last name starts with “T”;  Or the horrible PM of my country Israel, starts with “N”);   male egos tend to drive narrow selfish political goals rather than the over-riding interest of the country. My country suffers greatly from this…

      Here, for the record, are the names of 10 female political leaders currently running their countries with skill, focus and a great deal of self-effacement. (Have you heard of any of them lately? )  (Caveat, first – the Prime Minister of Bangladeash, a woman, has fled her country, after promising to restore democracy and becoming autocratic, arousing mass protests; a major exception):

         Zuzana Caputova, President, Slovakia; Mette Frederiksen, PM Denmark; Kaja Kalias, PM Estonia; Saara Kuugongeiwa, PM Namibia; Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President, Greece; Moldova Maia Sandu, President Moldova; Ingrida Simonyte PM Lithuania; Sahie-Work Zewde, President, Ethiopia; Salome Zourabichvili, President, Georgia; Hilda Heina, President, Marshall Islands.

         On November 5,  will the US choose a female President, for the first time – or slide into chaos with a leader widely described as ‘weird’?  Stay tuned. 

         Oh, and, regarding the title:  OK, so it comes from a movie about how cats take over the world, and dogs fight back.  It’s the cats’ mantra.  Cats rule, dogs drool.  Kind of true, though….