According to Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is number one, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is number 36, and Mrs. Michelle Obama is number 40.
Interesting, no? Ostensibly Michelle Obama has no real "power", other than the ability to influence people, such as her husband. Granted, she does have great "media reach", and like other non-elected celebs, such as Oprah, can affect what clothes and other goods people buy, and maybe even what they think about important issues. But in Mrs. Obama's case, one would suspect that Mr. Obama will do all the talking on these types of more important matters.
And how about Hillary? She actually dropped in the power quotient from when she was a Presidential candidate. But she is now Secretary of State - isn't that pretty important? I was wondering. Was she higher up when she was simply President Clinton's wife without any real political power? Maybe she would be higher up now if she did actually "channel" her husband, something she has let us all know, in no uncertain terms, that she DOES NOT DO, thank you very much! Perhaps Michelle is high up there because she actually does some channelling.
I know, I know. This is not all that important. Indulge me.
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Forbes' need to start listing important men's wive as important could also be a sign that there just aren't all that many important women -- this is not a criticism against women, rather against a system that doesn't allow for many of them to rise to "importance".
ReplyDeleteDid Forbes provide any indication as to where Chancellor Merkel's current husband sits on the list of the world's most powerful men? Just curious.
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