karitaalasmaa
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After 102 years of independency and 75 all-male or male-dominated governments all our five government parties are lead by strong women.
In fact Sanna Marin is also our youngest ever primeminister. She was voted to our New PM sunday the 12/8.
She comes from underprivileged LGBT-family and have made her way up while raising her daughter.
In Finland The President doesn't have that much power and country is more lead by government and parliament.
SmugandFurry
The only thing better than this news are the shrieks of indignation over it.
ToAoRoS
The world is trash, because men are. Not me of course, I'm a perfectly cute snack of a manly man!
IamNoOneToBeTrifledWith
That’s kinda neat.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
The first minute of this Robin Williams stand up comedy bit is hilariously relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9KxEgkUixw
karitaalasmaa
Actually we have also had a woman President. Tarja Halonen was our President 2000-2012 and before she reached our term limits.
lastcanadian
That's what you get for having a decent public education system. American/Middle East keeps them dumb and under control.
edwbuGameCat
Won't allow them to leave their country and renounce citizenship either! Oh, wait.....
arvar
And if they were all male, there would be shitstorm.
SmugandFurry
Right...like, all those years when it was just men?
arvar
Wtf, stupidiest comment that I have ever read.
SmugandFurry
Have someone smarter than you explain it to you. Shouldn't be hard to find.
arvar
Then no need to ask you.
SmugandFurry
Hey, I obviously couldn't teach you, that's clear. You need someone with more specialized education skills.
PhloydPhan
All Finland has ever done is have a strong economy, remain neutral in the Cold War, and be in the top 10% on the human development index.
aSillyApple
Russia also invaded them and failed
mikeatike
Well, they were 1 for 2.
PhloydPhan
Well, sure. If you want to count that.
karitaalasmaa
We had Simo The White Death Häyhä and we gave our soldiers shitloads of meth. So i don't think anybody tought Soviet union as a threat.
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
The Nazis also gave their soldiers meth, but it didn't work out so well for them.
karitaalasmaa
Well try to ski on ass-deep snow for 100 miles without meth like russians tried.
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
Why are they "power" women. Are male leaders "power" men?
AtYourFuneral
That’s a very good point.
Chryos
Leaders tend to be forceful personalities, so yes.
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
That's not the point. Women are just as capable and fallible as men. Singling out female leaders as "power women" ignores that fact.
RadicalLeftist
The fact that statistically women are under represented as political leaders, ceos and positions of power?
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
Positions of power are held by people who are no better than the rest of us, just with a different set of skills.
RadicalLeftist
Who historically were men but the ratio is slowly changing.
RadicalLeftist
They're power women because statistically women are under represented as political leaders, CEO's and in positions of power.
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
What that means is that times are changing, not women. They have always been capable but oppressed.
RadicalLeftist
Yes and its good to acknowledge that fact. Society is changing to become more equal.
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
Agreed. It also needs to be acknowledged that lots of women before them have helped to pave their path.
RadicalLeftist
Yes. So we stop now?