A man in the Áras is not a loss for women, but a sign of equality at work

Published: Sunday, November 13, 2011

No woman felt diminished when one of the women candidates didn't make it on election day.

Why? Because, these are the days when it's a given that a woman can be president, or anything else she wants to be, including stay-at-home mother

THE funniest point made, early in the presidential election campaign, was that it was really time for the lads to have a go. Two female presidents was enough. More than. Give the girls an inch and they'll take a yard, or whatever a yard is in metric. Let a third into the Áras and a dreaded pattern of dominance would be established, with men everywhere disenfranchised and getting their little boxer shorts in a twist.

The election of Michael D Higgins as our ninth president allows boxer short twists to unwind. No threat, boys. Out of nine, we -- the feisty sisterhood -- have so far won two goes on the Magic Presidential Roundabout. One-and-a-half, really, because of the early departure from office of Mary Robinson.

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