The International law is said to be a set of norms. Norms are the values and judgements we all share. Norms do change over time. Thirty years ago it was normal for women to stay at home and take care of the kids. Today, the man is as likely to do so. It is still not normal for women to head large businesses, or to run governments as heads of state. Perhaps that is why Hillary won't win the Presidency.
In teaching my class, I had to face this concern. All of my students on Fridays International law class are young women. It must be hard for them to accept the norm, when it doesn't adequately represent them. They cannot go before an international panel and claim that women are discriminated against, because that is not true. There just aren't many women who practice international politics. When they do, their isolation and uniqueness make them stand out against the crowd. Consequently they get blamed for more than their share of problems.
The norm changes, but who changes it. Normal should be consistent over time, it should always equate to one at the extreme, and 0 at the other. It only takes a few exceptional women, maybe one out of every billion to adapt the international norm of women in politics to a degree equivalent to or better than the men. The norm can handle more women in international politics without it being strange or abnormal. There is no rule against it.
A female president would be just one more step towards making women in politics more accepted. It goes without saying that having adequate representation in politics goes a long ways towards establishing a more adequate norm, and thus more adequate laws.
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