It seems to be so difficult for women to be taken seriously

Dear Editor, 
I read the letter of 19th February about the frustrations women in Guyana experience in political/public life.  They also have a hard time in private life – something experienced all over the world.
It seems to be so difficult, on the whole, for women to be taken seriously.  At work one day (in the UK), when I defended a woman colleague to my boss, and told him it appeared to us that he did not like women, his reply was:  “I like women”, then in lower tones, “in a certain position”.
A typical gender thing.  But then again, some years ago, when I mentioned to a Guyanese woman that I felt the world might be a better, more peaceful, place if run by women, she disagreed and said that women were “too emotional” for top jobs!  I was left speechless – she was very prominent in public life.
I always remember Margaret Thatcher for some of her policies which, though unpopular at the time, have proved to be sound and have stood the test of time. At least while she was in power, Britain was ‘on the map’.  I think she was generally misunderstood – she used her experience as a grocer’s daughter to the max. And was an unswerving patriot.
Women the world over will have to work closely together, acquire excellence in the field of education, become financially strong and independent and soldier on.  At least in the West we are not now tied to the home as our mothers and grandmothers were.
Geralda Dennison