: No, the easiest why out would be if Japan
: became a republic. Then they could have male
: presidents for many years to come.
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: Why do you asume that? Japan has got many
: strong female politicians who would make
: fine cerimonial heads of state.
An universal truth has been that so-called democratic society has practically always tended to choose a male for the leading government position, be it prime minister or president.
That despite of existence of some strong female politicians. Somehow they just do not get to be chosen.
(Some glass ceiling in attitudinal atmosphere, possibly.)
Long long time, European monarchies occasionally got a female monarch. Now and then. But, then came time when monarchies got mostly abolished, and afterwards, it is usually males who have the president and prime minister seats.
Which has not been a thing to improve that general society towards accepting females as leaders.
Earlier, when the continent was half-full of states where sometimes a female sat (and, for that, usually a really long reign) as the head, have taught the then people, simply by female visibility in leader positions, that females could occasionally be. Also example from neighboring countries was visible, after newspapers got wide audience.
(Think about Netherlands: Emma, Wilhelmina, Juliana, Beatrix.)
Monarchy has often been a more "equal opportunity" thing than republic.
And republics have often been oligarchies.
In my assessment, the earlier writer hit it correctly when inferring to males as presidents of republics.
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