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Breaking the glass ceiling: women as natural leaders
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|January 14, 2026
WHO told you leadership has a gender?
Who decided authority sounds masculine and strength must wear a man’s face? Who keeps moving the finish line every time a woman reaches it?And why, in the 21st century, are we still pretending this debate isn’t already settled? Because, honestly, this argument itself is tired, dusty, and intellectually embarrassing.
The idea that women are “born followers” is not an opinion. It is a confession. Yes! A confession of insecurity, nostalgia for unearned authority, and fear that their own mediocrity will be exposed.
So, let me be clear, once and for all: women are leaders and not potential leaders or emerging leaders.
Not leaders “despite” being women. Leaders. Period. And anyone still arguing otherwise is not protecting tradition — they are protecting their own comfortable delusion.
This story is from the January 14, 2026 edition of Post.
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