Women, you ain't PM material

Women, get real. You and your kind are not good enough to be Prime Minister in this land. Not yet anyway.

So said Pahang's chief minister who obviously believed he spoke on behalf of the entire country.

The brave but socially-challenged Adnan Yaakob, who is a male by birth I think, made this profound 21st century statement in a speech addressed to 1,000 women. He walked out alive.

I didn't find this reported on the mainstream media. No surprise there because the emasculated were merely heeding Pak Lah's call to practise thoughtful journalism. Malaysiakini has it, and charmingly, The Middle East Times.
http://metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060725-054958-1096r

Here's the entire story in full.

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian state leader has said that the country is not ready for a female prime minister, labeling the idea "unreasonable," a report said Tuesday.
The chief minister of eastern Pahang state, Adnan Yaakob, told more than 1,000 women gathered for a seminar that women had to be "realistic" about their rights.
"I fully support the idea that men and women are equal, but those striving toward this must not ask for unreasonable things," Adnan was quoted as saying in the New Straits Times.
Women are still in the minority in the mostly Muslim nation's parliament and the cabinet, and Adnan said that Malaysian society was not ready to have a woman at the helm of the government.
"That is the reality. Women should fight for their rights, but in doing so, they should not, at least for now, ask for things which do not make sense, such as wanting to be prime minister," he said.

I'm stumped. Bewildered. Kaku.

Just one question escapes: Is a woman then good enough to at least be state chief minister? Hurry, cos I think the beautiful state of Pahang could do with a new one.