Are Women Shortsighted...?

Guest post from mrs TV (tactical voting) on all women shortlists.

First off I need to say two things:
1. I am swedish.
2. I am not into politics.

So if I’m not into politics why did I choose to post this? Well it is simple. I have something to say about the debate on forcing women on people when they do not want them there.

Or maybe I’ve just had enough of this debate pulling Jeff away from the stove. What can I say, when I ’m hungry I get cranky and when I’m cranky I write.

The reason for this post to appear tonight is because of Kez’s guest post. But before getting too deep into this I just want to make it clear that I do not agree with Jeff’s “all women shortlists are not good housekeeping” (especially the title I might add).

But I’ve been surrounded by this topic for many years in Sweden and I don’t think all the debating or quoting actually got us women anywhere there and I do not believe it is the way forward here either.

The problem is very simple. You can never give power to anyone. They have to take it. If it is given it is still the giver that possesses it and the one that controls it. Women cannot and most of all should not be dependent on men to give them power.

We should take it. Take it in a way so that no one can say that we don’t deserve it or we didn’t earn it. Because let’s face it, we do deserve it, we do earn it and we do not need anyone to give it to us as if we were small children with our hand stretched out hoping for candy.

It is just like Susan Dalgety wrote “the electors CHOSE women candidates over men”. That is the key here. They CHOSE them and since it was a free choice no one will ever question their right to be there. But there has to be a choice.

Susan also meant that men holding the political power led us to the Holocaust, the cold war, the collapse of the world’s financial system and the deepest recession for decades. Ok, so fair enough. It is looking pretty grim out there but my question to you Susan is this:

Where were the women during all of this?

It is easy to play the blame game put we have to take responsibility too. The quiet bystander is just as guilty as the bully. If you think someone is doing something wrong – speak up!

I think it is time for the bickering and accusations between men and women (especially the bloggers) to end. And maybe this is a crazy idea but couldn’t we maybe work together?


PS. If anyone reads Good Housekeeping in this home it is definitely not me.