Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.
I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society.
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.
In some ways, privileged women who are closer to power wind up being able to exert their influence in ways that change public policy in ways that women with less power don't have access to.
The women of the country have the power in their own hands, in spite of the law and the government being altogether of the male order.
As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.
It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power would be seen as assertion.
Women don't realize how powerful they are.
The thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.