In Britain at the moment we have the unusual position that the two most powerful politicians in the Isles are women and surprise surprise they are both, in their own ways, making a good job of the pretty rubbish hand they have been dealt.   This doesn’t mean that either will ultimately succeed, but then again few male politician do that either, it just means that slowly but surely women are getting more and more breaks that they didn’t in the past.   Again please don’t take this as saying that things are perfect for women in this country, there is still a long way to go, but we should feel pride that gender is less of a bar to high office that it used to be.  If you don’t believe me then compare and contrast this to the new administration in the land of the free.