IS A FEMALE PRESIDENT LESS EFFECTIVE?
Megawati Soekarnoputri,
The First Indonesian Female President
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By Beni Bevly
Megawati Soekarnoputri, the first female politician leader who had achieved a milestone by reaching a presidential position in Indonesia in 2001. She was chosen to replace Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) by Indonesia House Representative. In 2004, she was defeated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in direct election. Many people said she failed to transform Indonesia to be the better one. Some of them thought because she was a female.
Lately, there was a bill which proposed that one at least must have a bachelor degree to be a president of Indonesia. According to some resources this bill was created to stop Megawati to run for president again, simply because she din not hold a bachelor degree. My question, is it something to do with gender, since she is a female? And did the party that wanted to stop her think she might not be an effective president?
These questions pushed me to do a mini research. Finally I found the “gender and leadership topic” in Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2003). Organizational Behavior. Boston, MA: Irwin/McGraw-Hill. Kreitner & Kinicki concluded that female and male leaders were rated as equally effective.
Below is the comparison of female and male leadership that I compiled from them:
By reviewing Kreitner’s & Kinicki’s finding, I could tell that leadership is almost nothing to do with gender.
Recalling Megawati’s problem, it seems it is more to do with herself, her personality, her style of leadership and her intelligent. It is better for us, as Indonesians not to differentiate whether the candidate of a president is a female or male, but we have to evaluate him or her carefully as an individual.
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*Beni Bevly holds BA in Political Science, MBA in Marketing, and is a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) candidate. He is the founder of Overseas Think Tank for Indonesia>
It doesn’t matter whether male or female. The important thing is she/he could lead us into better nation. She/he has character to lead, nice attitude, nice moral and principle.
And about someone should has a bachelor degree to be a president of Indonesia, well it isn’t relevance I think.
President is political position, it isn’t academic position that needed formal education. It doesn’t guarantee has a bachelor degree could lead around 240 million people.
Hello Adhi,
Thank you for your comment. I also appreciate your opinions.
It is nice to know that even though we are from a country which is dominated by patriarchy system, you and I (I believe there are more out there) think that gender is not important.
For me, gender really doesn’t matter. I am female, but I believe that I can lead just like or even better than male. Some gender stereotypes have been proven wrong in my point of view. I can find many men that are hard to control their emotions, while that kind of character is often labelled to women.
Ria,
I have been reading your blog. I am sure your blog is the mirror of your self. Based on that, I can tell that you will be a great leader. Keep these words. Why? Because one day you will prove it.
It’s nice to see you around, and thank you for your comment.
It’s talking about gender. When we was a baby our parents tough us about gender. That is the point. Man know how strong they are with their logicly. Women know how sensitif the are than man. But if we talk about effective it’s depend on you. The facts sometimes man can be a great leader and more effectibe but sometimes women can be a winner in leadership.
It’s not worthed talk about gender.
Respect with your leader and they become more effective in manage the organization.
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