If the farce of a political discourse in the US is not a good enough reason to bring about a fundamental realignment of power and responsibility, let us look a little closer to home.
Two examples in recent weeks have proved, yet again, that if you put a man in a position of authority, he will over-reach and prove his inadequacy.
A senior MP, chairman of a committee investigating, amongst other things, prostitution in its varied forms, is caught paying for rent boys. Stupid, naive and arrogant.
A football manager, presented with the top job in his profession, and career, can’t handle the £3 million salary without trying to enhance it, and boast about rule bending into the bargain. Stupid, greedy, naive and arrogant.
And the list goes on, and on. And I search my memory for the last time that a woman, in a position of power and authority, was dismissed in disgrace due to greed, stupidity or arrogance.
I would never say that all women in power are above reproach. I have less trust and faith in our current Thatcher-Lite leader than I had in the original, but I am positive she won’t be caught out with anything other than political criminality.
What is the problem for men? Really, what is their problem? They have held the power across every sector of life since records began, and have fought tooth and nail to retain that as the status quo.
And yet they cannot keep their metaphysical or actual dicks in their pants.
Yes, I know there are plenty of men who have served high office in every area with honour, or at least with honesty. And yet there are endless lists of those that have fallen foul of their assumption that, if they can reach the heights, they are somehow immune from the norms that the rest of us see as appropriate.
I find the methods used to ‘out’ these numbskulls significantly less than attractive, but you would think that, with all that has gone on before, they would think twice before getting snared in yet another exposé.
Time for a change, chaps. Time to accept that you are not above the common hoard, that you need to abide by the same rules as the rest of us. Or we will have to let the women run things. And then where would we be?
Better off, that’s where.
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