Why all the clucking over “chick power”? I’ll tell you: A number of prominent women on Canadian political scene, from Kim Campbell on down, have failed on their own merits, just as was the case for Geraldine Ferraro in the 1984 US election

Women should have the right to fail on their own merits. That is, when a woman has proved her incompetence, whether via the Peter Principle of promotion beyond her abilities or from the rock bottom beginning of a career, it should be viewed as an individual rather than a group failure. Thus "Jane...

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