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A leader can govern and govern well, even without a penis.
Cross-posted with other irreverancies at the Francis L. Holland Blog [2]
Much has been written about the ways in which a penis contributed to the functions of the Presidency. That barely perceptible bulge in the woolen trousers, it was once believed, made a man look more "presidential". It offered hours of entertainment for those interminable cross-country and international flights that have come to characterize the US Presidency. Before the modern gender-diversity era, holding a penis in the washrooms of the United Nations created a sense of mutual comfort among heads of state.
But, because of recent advances in technology and culture, the penis has been largely eclipsed as a tool of national governance and international diplomacy.
Today, brains are thought to give women the same gravitas that penises gave men in the past. With the ubiquitousness of Blackberry personal organizers and laptop computers as symbols of power and social status, these electronic instruments have supplanted the penis, both in ordering the thinking of our individual leaders and creating that international connectedness that in the past a penis alone was thought to provide.
Now, unlike penises, when cell-phones ring in the bathrooms of the United Nations, they serve to bring leaders together wherever they are, regardless of their gender.
Because old habits die hard, the question is still asked, "Can a leader govern without a penis?" With the prominence of women such as US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and US Senator Debbie Stabenow in this country, as well as women heads of state in Chile, Ireland, Latvia, Finland, Liberia, the Philippines, Israel and Germany, the answer is coming back loudly and clearly that, yes, a leader can govern and govern well, even without a penis.
Cross-posted with other irreverancies at the Francis L. Holland Blog [3]
francislholland@yahoo.com [4]
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