Roussef breaks male monopoly

With the 62-year-old Dilma Rousseff yet another woman has managed to climb to the pinnacle of state politics. That will do Brazil good, writes Mircea Martin in the blog portal standard.money.ro: "The world powers and large economies are gradually becoming more feminine. Women are breaking up the male monopoly over top spots at the highest decision-making levels - as heads of state and government like German Chancellor Angela Merkel or as top diplomats like Hillary Clinton. ... The special thing about Dilma Rousseff's victory is that a woman can win such elections in a 'macho' country. The idea that her gender could work to her disadvantage in politics has turned out to be a prejudice. Dilma Rousseff is now top dog in a country that is known for how badly women fare in it - from the under-age prostitutes in Rio ... to the millions of female clandestine workers. For all of them Dilma Rousseff will become the mother of the nation."

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