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We're only 1-2 generations out from the "women's lib" movement, and there are still a lot of people who grew up in a time when a woman was considered a weak, sacred, precious, infantile object incapable of having a credit card in her own name. Cultural change takes time, and we're still living with a lot of very disempowering ideas about women and femininity, and we're still living within a political culture shaped by ideals that are considered traditionally masculine: competition, aggression, self-interest, etc. Until the political culture changes to accommodate more "female" types of ideals (cooperation, compromise, communalism) or until society gets more comfy with women (and men) adopting gender-opposite traits, I think you'll find that few women have any interest in participating in our political process on a leadership level.
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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
- Anatole France
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