The distinction and designation of "bad" governments and "good" Left wing movements was very obviously not mine. Rather, I wrote strictly to observe that the former's placing women at the head of their wretchedly inhuman and anti-human governing bureaucracies hasn't made any difference that I can discern in their policies.
I did not even try to address why women aren't heading socialist parties. My experience in the SWP was that having women in the leadership bodies was not necessarily more meaningful in terms of policies than having women in Bush's cabinet. But, governing bodies and movement groups are apples and oranges, so it might be that women would have a greater influence on movement groups. It also seems reasonable to pursue a contextual understanding of the question.... But I am happily a nonmember and disassociate of American groups today...so, answering the question of why women are or aren't leading them, particularly, belongs in the hands of folks like yourself, who are in a better position to judge. ML
