FEMINIST CHALLENGES TO THE PRESIDENCY

Feminist challenges to the presidential position in our country have not been seriously taken by the candidates nor the public. In fact, many women even seem to support the most macho candidate that ever hit our electoral space. 

What do we mean by feminist challenges? We mean that women, who are aware know why women have to ascend to positions of power and that is in order to be able to help alleviate the problems of the country, more so the women who occupy the lowest rungs in the economic strata.

We need to vote for a candidate who has feminist leanings because

1. We have to improve our historical experiences of women assuming presidential positions.

a. Cory was able to assume the presidential position but that was due to her husband's murder -- wherein public sympathy shifted to her, and... Folks, AND, the campaign of feminists for her to assume power. With her ascendancy, she was able to restore democracy in our country. That is why we are now enjoying making jokes, critiquing and laughing at officials who bungle their jobs. Freely we can do that unlike during the reign of terroristic Marcos and his cohorts. 

b. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo could have been a good president next to Erap but she was used by certain forces and thus was pushed to become president. In 2004, to prove that she deserved the post, she ran for president but had to use "Hello Garci" methods in order to win. Although we never got to prove that yet we know that Garci padded the votes for her. 

2. If we allow a macho to win, that would be the end of us. He will be committing errors and will keep on apologizing every time. We are too gullible to fall for his apologies. A macho is a macho is a macho at 70. It is difficult to change his ways. Nor will he do so. And even to have his chosen VP beside him will not change his macho behavior, more so when he becomes the president. 

3. A non-feminist president will only consider women as recipients of manna, of grants, of help, and not as empowered women. He will not grant powers to women especially when he would feel insecure beside outspoken women. 

4. A macho president will always commit errors that will be so gross, we would be the laughing stock of the world. What, the Philippines claims to have put up the first woman president, and now has to turned to a macho guy? I am even afraid that with so many rooms available in Malacanang for him to host parties and have his friends come over, many undereducated women would volunteer to help him happy hosting. 

5. All the religious will go down in history also for being a failure to stop a notorious womanizer in assuming the the highest position of the land