Barack Obama has said women make better leaders than men.
The former US President, while speaking in Singapore, said women aren't perfect, but are "indisputably better" than men. He added that if women ran every country in the world there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes.
He said most of the problems in the world came from old people, mostly men, holding onto positions of power. He also spoke about political polarisation and the use of social media to spread falsehoods.
Speaking at the private event on leadership, Mr Obama said while in office he had mused what a world run by women would look like.
He said:
Now women, I just want you to know; you are not perfect, but what I can say pretty indisputably is that you're better than us [men]. I'm absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything... living standards and outcomes.
When asked if he would ever consider going back into political leadership, he said he believed in leaders stepping aside when the time came.
He said:
If you look at the world and look at the problems it's usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way. It is important for political leaders to try and remind themselves that you are there to do a job, but you are not there for life, you are not there in order to prop up your own sense of self importance or your own power.
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You all know very well men are the cause of all the troubles in this world.
IF WOMEN ARE BETTER LEADERS THAN MEN FOR OVER 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN WHY IS AMERICA YET TO GIVE A WOMAN THE CHANCE O LEAD THEM (AMERICANS) AS THEIR PRESIDENT? DON'T BE HYPNOTIZED BY THE POSSIBLE QUALITIES OF YOUR WIFE MICHELLE OBAMA.
Why you did not allow Hillary Clinton to lead if women are better? Obama, why? It means you ruined US for leading, can that be correct?
The democratic party is the source of 80% of the falsehood and moral challenges of the current world order. Obama should then have allowed Hillary Clinton to lead the US. He's saying this today because of a potential contest between Trump and a female contender from the democratic party in 2020! It's a shame.
Listen to him too. Confused people. They started with women are equal to men. Now women are better. Somebody remind him that leadership does not depend on gender.
I beg to disagree. You can say some women are better than some men, or, on average, women tend to lead better, but to make such a general statement is problematic. Some women leaders can be horrible, especially to their fellow women.