Violeta Chamorro

Um, and this happens, you know, in presidential elections, um- Frequently, right? Um, s- and so women have won presidential elections in Latin America as, you know, sort of the incumbent candidate, which is how Michelle Bachelet did, right? She was the, um, a, uh, candidate of the coalition in power, and citizens were pretty satisfied with how they were doing, so, you know, she won, ended up winning.

Um, but women also, uh, can win elections as leaders of the opposition, which is how Violeta Chamorro won, um, her election in 1990, uh, in Nicaragua.

Huge, uh, huge, hugely surprising, um, election that I don't talk about extensively in the book, but it's important to understand that women can win these elections, right, as leaders of the opposition.

Um, and, and men do this, too, right? Men win presidential elections as the nominee of an incumbent party, um, but they also can win elections as leaders of the opposition, right? That's...

It's very dangerous actually.

Even though it's well-intentioned to think, "Oh, if we just get rid of the sexism, then we can have a woman president," it's way more complicated than that.

You know, the first woman to win an election in Latin America, again, was Violeta Chamorro in Nicaragua in 1990.

It's not like you have to, um, have this sort of feminist mobilization and get rid of all the sexism in order to have a woman president.

So, you know, she won, ended up winning.

But women also can win elections as leaders of the opposition, which is how Violeta Chamorro won her election in 1990 in Nicaragua, a hugely surprising election.

That I don't talk about extensively in the book, but it's important to understand that women can win these elections.

Right.

It's very dangerous, actually, even though it's well-intentioned to think, oh, if we just get rid of the sexism, then we can have a woman president.

It's way more complicated than that.

Now, the first woman to win an election in Latin America, again, was Violeta Chamorro in Nicaragua in 1990.

It's not like you have to have this sort of feminist mobilization and get rid of all the sexism in order to have a woman president.

So, you know, she won, ended up winning.

But women also can win elections as leaders of the opposition, which is how Violeta Chamorro won her election in 1990 in Nicaragua, a hugely surprising election.

That I don't talk about extensively in the book, but it's important to understand that women can win these elections.

Right.

It's very dangerous, actually, even though it's well-intentioned to think, oh, if we just get rid of the sexism, then we can have a woman president.

It's way more complicated than that.

Now, the first woman to win an election in Latin America, again, was Violeta Chamorro in Nicaragua in 1990.

It's not like you have to have this sort of feminist mobilization and get rid of all the sexism in order to have a woman president.

So, you know, she won, ended up winning.

But women also can win elections as leaders of the opposition, which is how Violeta Chamorro won her election in 1990 in Nicaragua, a hugely surprising election.

that I don't talk about extensively in the book, but it's important to understand that women can win these elections, right, as leaders of the opposition.

And men do this too, right? Men win presidential elections as the nominee of an incumbent party, but they also can win elections as leaders of the opposition, right? It's a very common way.

It's very dangerous, actually, even though it's well-intentioned to think, oh, if we just get rid of the sexism, then we can have a woman president.

It's way more complicated than that.

Now, the first woman to win an election in Latin America, again, was Violeta Chamorro in Nicaragua in 1990.

It's not like you have to have this sort of feminist mobilization and get rid of all the sexism in order to have a woman president.

So, you know, she won, ended up winning.

But women also can win elections as leaders of the opposition, which is how Violeta Chamorro won her election in 1990 in Nicaragua, a hugely surprising election.

that I don't talk about extensively in the book, but it's important to understand that women can win these elections, right, as leaders of the opposition.

And men do this too, right? Men win presidential elections as the nominee of an incumbent party, but they also can win elections as leaders of the opposition, right? It's a very common way.

It's very dangerous, actually, even though it's well-intentioned to think, oh, if we just get rid of the sexism, then we can have a woman president.

It's way more complicated than that.

Now, the first woman to win an election in Latin America, again, was Violeta Chamorro in Nicaragua in 1990.

It's not like you have to have this sort of feminist mobilization and get rid of all the sexism in order to have a woman president.