Filipino women slam ‘sexist’ Duterte after he says presidency is not for women

[danieldemol]

• 'The emotional set-up of a woman and a man is totally different’, president says in reference to a possible presidential run by his daughter
• It was the latest in a string of misogynistic remarks Duterte has made dating back to his days as Davao City mayor

Filipino women on Friday reacted scornfully to
President Rodrigo Duterte’s
statement that the country’s top leadership role was “not for women” because they were emotionally different than men, deriding the 75-year-old for ignoring the contributions of women leaders and furthering the already-prevalent sexism
in the country'

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[epronovost]

The presidency isn't made for Duterte. I'm not sure the world needs another dictator who like to boast about extrajudical killings and death squads. At that point, being told by such a man that you are not fit to be president is probably some sort of compliment.

 

[Vinayaka]

And yet the Philippines has had two female presidents. That's 2 more than a certain big country I know of. We Canuckistanians have only had one.

 

[Sunstone]

I dunno. I can't think of a single female head of state who has out performed her male counterparts and ushered in an Elizabethian a Golden Age.