Barack Obama Says Women Are Indisputably Better Than Men

Barack Obama has raised some eyebrows after explaining that women are, by far, the superior gender.

The former US president was speaking at a private event in Singapore on leadership, and explained his views on who should be running the world.

According to the BBC, he said: "Now women, I just want you to know; you are not perfect, but what I can say pretty indisputably is that you're better than us [men].

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"I'm absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything... living standards and outcomes."

There are loads of women in leadership positions around the world, including New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, Germany's Angela Merkel, Finland's Sanna Marin, Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen, and many more.

Obama also threw shade at some male leaders when he was asked about whether he'd ever return to politics.

He continued: "If you look at the world and look at the problems it's usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way.

"It is important for political leaders to try and remind themselves that you are there to do a job, but you are not there for life, you are not there in order to prop up your own sense of self importance or your own power."

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While Obama could hardly be considered 'old' at the tender age of 58, there's one thing he's worried about when it comes to younger folk.

Back in October this year, Obama made a speech warning about the rise of 'woke culture'. Being 'woke' means you have an awareness of the realities of social discrimination and injustice, particularly relating to racism.

He told an audience in Chicago: "I get a sense among certain young people on social media that the way of making change is to be as judgemental as possible about other people.

"If I tweet or hashtag about how you didn't do something right or used the wrong verb, then I can sit back and feel pretty good about myself because 'Man did you see how woke I was? I called you out!'

"That's enough," he said. "If all you're doing is casting stones, you are probably not going to get that far."

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Stewart Perrie

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