not only is the new Prime Minster a woman but all five parties that make up her coalition government are led by woman and all but one of them is under 35.
Thirty-four-year-old Social Democrat Sanna Marin took office in Finland on Tuesday as the world’s youngest serving prime minister, heading a coalition with four other parties led by women, all but one of them under 35.
Marin won the confidence of parliament with 99 votes in favor and 70 against.
She replaced Antti Rinne, who resigned last week after the Centre Party, one of the members of governing center-left coalition, said it had lost confidence in him over his handling of a postal strike.
“I want to build a society in which every child can become anything and in which every human being can live and grow old with dignity,” Marin wrote on Twitter.
Finnish culture is probably more open to gender equality than most other European cultures. This is likely due to the harsh environment, low population and the relative isolation of the people. Everyone needed to contribute in order to survive.
Also, unlike other European languages (outside of other Uralic languages) Finnish is gender neutral. There is no he/she there is only han.
Not surprisingly, Finland was the first country the Europe to give women the vote. So having women at the head of government is not a big deal.
I find the joke very offensive. On his behalf. I don’t really know much about the man, but I do admire his dedication to his convictions and his respect for his woman.
It would do us all good to be more formal in our dealings with one another.
That I can appreciate. And I apologize, on behalf of the anonymous writer who created the joke originally. On my own account, I stand by the post as, IMO, mild and inoffensive to most. And if I’m wrong about that, well, I’ll probably not lose sleep over it
That’s an interesting phenomenon that dumb arse me never knew until my pre-menopause wife clued me in She and our two teen age daughters were all “synched up” and it got hairy around here to say the least. Lot of time in the garage or on the field with the boys!
I’m sure someone here has a scientific explanation for why but brother it’s real.
But seriously, why in the case of the thread title give a damn?
Really.
Did these individuals—man, woman, trans—run and win legitimately? Win by a majority?
Were results legitimate?
Will a majority of Finns be willing to live with whatever the consequences of there leadership are?
If the answer to all of these questions is yes, than why care that they’re all female?
In other instances, as in combat operations in the military, or when women are given extra points on qualifying exams strictly for being women, than no, they should not have that opportunity.
Here is an article I found looking for something else which would explain more women being considered in roles outside the home in Scandinavian society.
Which backs up if the five women in the O P won fair and square, and a majority of Finns can live with the consequences of their leadership, or vote them out at the next election, why care how many of them are female?
