With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will for the first time have time two women from its main political movements competing for the presidency.

Sheinbaum, as well as the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, have insisted that Mexico is ready to be led by a woman, but it will not be an easy path.

On Wednesday night, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party announced that Sheinbaum had defeated five internal party rivals – all men. López Obrador has put women in important positions in his Cabinet and been a mentor for Sheinbaum, even while being accused at times of male chauvinism.

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    Imagine Mexico having a female president in a timeline where America elects Trump again. Then imagine the overwhelming amount of cringe coming out of the White House that’ll make American people look like backward hillbillies, reinforcing all the already existing stereotypes.

    Jeez I need to stock up on popcorn for this.

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      Mexico also just legalized abortion nationwide and they already have a form of universal healthcare. Soon people will be crossing the Rio Grande in the other direction.

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        Lots of people already go to Mexico for healthcare and prescription drugs because it’s so much cheaper.

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        Unfortunately they (legally) can’t because Texas is adding / already has laws which makes it illegal to even drive through areas if you are planning on getting and abortion at your destination.

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        Abortion is decriminalised, so it’s still not legal but it falls under civil law which is not as harsh as criminal law.

        Edit: I misread the article, you can legally get an abortion at federal health facilities. I don’t know about state health facilities.

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      Italy elected Meloni(a woman who is a fascist) and France might elect Le Pen(a woman who is also fascist). The UK elected Thatcher and Turkey elected Ciller. Electing women is a meaningless metric. I bet all these countries are more sexist on average than the US. Trump is just a grifter, he has no ideology, other than narcissism.

      Dont you understand that identity politics are being promoted as a distraction?

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        The head of the german extremist right-wing party is a lesbian with a Sri Lankan immigrant partner who lives part-time with their adopted children in Switzerland. Identity will always be secondary to wealth in a system like this, it’s a one-way street.

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        Electing women is a meaningless metric.

        While I totally agree, don’t tell that to the feminists out there.

        And just as sex is a meaningless metric so are other similar characteristics, and yet there are far too many who continue to push for affirmative action bullshit. Go for the best candidate - whether it is for political office or for a job as a waiter, doctor or engineer. So many are hung up on pushing less qualified candidates through simply because of their sex or the color of their skin.