Essay-

Women'
sPower

Intoday'ssoci
etywomendonothaveaver yprominentr
oleastheremalecounter
part
s.It
seemsasi fmenar elookeduponasbor nleaderswhoshouldholdpower .Theyl
ookstr
ongand
confi
dent.Peoplefeelsafet
hatmaleswilll
eadt hem i
nastrong,
protect
iveway.Womenar e
l
ookedatver ydif
ferentl
y.Peopl
eseethem asweaki nheartandafr
aidofdoingthi
ngsina
for
cefulmanner.Thishasnotbeent r
uethoughi fwelookbacktotheerasofWuZhaoand
Empr essIr
ene.

Whatdoesi tmeanwhensomeoner ulesinasuccessf uloreff

ect
ivemanner ?Whenar ul
erruns
hisorherempiresuccessfull
yitmeanst hatthroughouthisorherreinaskingorqueen
everyt
hingransmoothly.Thismeanst hatnoonewoul dt r
ytooverthrowhim orherandthat
thepeoplewerehappy.Effect
iveisverydiff
erentthansuccessful
.Ifaruleri
seff
ecti
veheorshe
understandswhatthepeoplewant .Aneffect
iverulergiveshi
sorherpeopl ewhattheywant
andunder st
andstheneedsofhi sorherpeopl e

Womendohaveahar derti
mewi thkeepingpower .Theyhavet obeextremewi ththeiracti
ons
anddowhat everitt
akes.Weseet hisinI r
ene'sandWuZhao' scase.Wuwasver yextremeand
deli
ber
ateinheractions.Shewasr uthless.Shemadesur ethatnoonewoul dstandinherway
whenitcamedownt oherpower .Shewoul dhavepeoplekill
edandt orturedjusttokeepher sel
f
whereshewas.Shewoul dhaveherownf ami l
ymember stortur
edsot hatthepowerwoul d
neverl
eavefrom her.I
reneactedal i
ttl
ediffer
entl
y.Shewasver yconniving.I
renewasnot
al
waysont op.Shehadt owor kifshewant edt obethel
eader.Shewoul dcomeupofpl ansand
pl
otstooverthrowandhavef amilymember spoisonedj
usttobeont op.Thesewomenwant ed
andneededt hepowerandi tseemst hroughthesereadi
ngst hattheywoul ddoanythingint hei
r
powertokeepi t.