IELTS WRITING TASK 2 - LEADERSHIP

In the past, many male leaders had led our society to conflicts and violence. The world would be better governed and more peaceful if it were rule by women.

To what extent do you agree or disagree.

Learning from history, many people argue that the instability of the world was caused predominantly by male leaders’ decision and that women’s leadership would lead the world to a better place. However, I do not fully agree with this opinion.

First off, there are several reasons why males are chosen to be a leader and it is not always explicit to decide that all of the male leaders led our world to feud and instability. Men are chosen because of some of their qualifications, for example, people believed that they are more calm, assertive, and healthy enough for the country-ruling position than women. In our history, very many great men also helped to ensure world peace and prevent conflicts. Therefore, if female leaders have the same qualifications as male, they absolutely could become leaders.

Furthermore, it is not true to say that the world governed by women would be more peaceful and stable. History also teaches us that many ruling women were direct or indirect causes of wars or conflicts. Looking at Wu Zetian's period of political and military leadership, she was engaging in a series of wars on the Korean Peninsula, or the famous UK’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher caused a tussle over Europe when deciding the UK to leave the EU. However, there are many wonderful female leaders in the world which contribute their life to world peace like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf the woman who received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for her support to women’s rights. These affirm anew that to protect world peace, it doesn’t matter that the leaders are men or women, conversely, it depends on their ability and ideology.

In conclusion, the idea that women as world leaders can bring a more peaceful world is intuitive. From my perspective, empowering women or not is just objective actions and totally did not affect the wealth of the nations and suppose that world peace only depends on the leaders’ talent and morality regardless of their gender.