Are Singaporeans Ready for a Female Prime Minister?

http://blogtv.sg/The discussion objective is stated in the link provided above for which my comments are stated below.

I was watching the second part of the discussion on blogtv.sg show this morning. The topic was "Are Singaporeans ready for a female Prime Minister?" The participants were students from various institutes and we have some big names sitting at the round table as moderators. Well, the views aired very very interesting and sometimes it feels as we are comparing apples with watermelons. Come on, we can at least SEE the difference there. No?

Some of the concerns were discrimination, women needing to act more like men to get into the role, Asian women are not up to it and the likes. At some instances, I felt as if the participants have actually memorized what they have to say and were trying to recollect while they were standing and airing their views. No offence meant as I sometimes had the problem as well when I am presenting some topics that I have least interest or passion in. That's besides the point. These guys were giving views on a national television.

And some interesting comparisons were made as well. Comparisons to great figures such as Megawati Sukarnoputri, Gloria Arroyo, Benazir Bhutto and Indira Gandhi. I guess we are doing the apples and bananas now. Isn't it very evident that we're talking about entirely different scenarios here. At least look at the size of Singapore and the size of the countries they are comparing with, if not the political scenario.