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senseandsensibility

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9. If your assertion is true

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 07:14 PM

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I think it is because of life experience, not a natural proclivity for women to be more empathetic and/or logical. I think women are so used to be undervalued, underestimated, and misjudged that they naturally pull out all the stops just to be accepted. I can tell you from experience (I'm female) that the pressure to be all things to everyone at all times is immense. If men experienced that, maybe they would rival women's abilities in these areas.

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Women have a unique ability to balance logic w/ empathy. That makes women BETTER leaders. [View all] LiberalArkie Sunday OP

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Thatcher? Meloni? LePen? Barrett? Sarah Huckabee Sanders? Kim Reynolds? Kay Ivey? - Kelly Ayotte? NoRethugFriends Sunday #4

Are you arguing against the general idea based on there existing some notable exceptions? AZJonnie Sunday #5

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biological determinism is gross WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #3

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As a woman fighting for equality over a span of 60 years, i ,earned never to make these msfiddlestix Sunday #8

I tend to agree Skittles Sunday #11

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I think this is sexism. Morbius Sunday #12

"Women have a unique ability to balance logic w/ empathy. That makes women BETTER leaders." Jedi Guy Sunday #13

ROFL! I knew this would upset some people GenThePerservering Monday #14

OK that is NOT what it is Skittles Monday #15

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