Donald Trump telephoned a grieving Jacinda Ardern in the aftermath of New Zealand’s largest ever mass murder. The President asked what the United States could do and received an answer he can’t have been expecting. “Sympathy and love for all Muslim communities,” the Prime Minister told him.
We tend to understand leadership as being about position and power, usually delivered through aggressively worded speeches, laden with commanding rhetoric and, these days, uncompromising three-word slogans. Complexity can’t be reduced to a sound bite and so issues are framed as black or white and people as good or bad. There is no room for shades of grey when our public debate is conducted in 240 characters.
We’ve all seen the videos where little kids are asked to draw people with powerful jobs – CEOs, doctors, judges and, of course, politicians. They draw men each and every time before being shocked when women who do those jobs walk into the room. It makes for a cute 30-second clip, but those stereotypes stick with people well beyond 30 seconds. They’re with us for life.Some Australian media still use coded, gender-biased language to describe women politicians.
A new model that allows leaders – women or men – to pursue their personally preferred approach is well overdue. A model that says gender norms are a historical relic best left to the past. Jacinda Ardern is providing exactly that model of leadership. It’s something that Australian – and indeed global – politics could use more of.
She has done a great job under very difficult circumstances
Ffs It's not 'feminine' behaviour. It's female leadership THAT's what's powerful. Christchurch auspol women
She's a good leader. Not a great leader. Too emotional, changes laws in haste, shows left wing feelings bias by wearing scarf and talking with overtly deep sorrow, even though terrorist attacks occur daily. It's her choice of course. She no Maggie Thatcher or Condaleezza Rice.
She just did what she had to do. What else could she have done?
Be good if she had done something about guns before this massacre.
By wearing a symbol of oppression and sexism from a medieval ideology ....ok ..
We were talking about that today...empathy is seriously lacking in our politics.
The nays are currently in the lead it would seem.
Yep, NZ have a special human in Ardern & us Victorians have Andrews
‘Typically feminine’ behaviour did nothing to prevent this atrocity and will do nothing to stop the next one. Lose the veil and the anguished expression and go into battle.
A true leader. Lucky Kiwis!
I think human ...more than feminine
actually she proved she is weak. She put on a hijab, she submitted herself and she showed her hand. She isn't powerful, she is weak and she showed she was through her actions and expressions. Islamists love weakness.
All this love media for Ardern who campaigned on a platform of cutting immigration..... convenientblinkers
That is leadership...many must learn from this!
Please invade. There isnt an iota of decency in the LNP and the labor fuckers are almost as bad. Pretty sure most of Australia will welcome you auspol
Yeah ok
I believe that Ardern is going over the top in her response (wearing head scarf and not naming the terrorist) and that ultimately it will not benefit her to the extent that she believes that it will. But, I could be wrong and maybe she is most altruistic leader of the modern era.
Hoorah! A true leader - strong and compassionate.
A Woman shows the world how Strong Women are at the man who shows the world how Weak Men are
Im not sure how wimpering in a hijab is powerful - does nothing to solve the problem of terrorism - just in the last 24 hours there has been another terrorist attack - 37 year old, Gökman Tanis, opened up fire on a tram in Netherlands killing 3 and injuring 5.
This is racist. How about the previous female leaders from South Asian nations that have dealt with terrorism? Did it take a white woman to do it for you feminists to notice?
She just proved that she is a leader period,stop with the he she them they us bullshit,sick and tired of frickin labels to justify an opinion.
And when was it not, have you never read a femme fatale book?
World leaders take note
If I see one more fawning media perspective on Ardern that gushes like she's the Virgin Mary reborn... auspol
You people are so damn desperate to be victims. We get it. Feminism this and feminism that ugh, she's just a PERSON doing what a NORMAL PERSON would do. It has ZERO to do with her vag.
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