Dilma and her legacy.

I often hear people talking about Dilma and her lack of political abilities, and how she only won last year's elections because of former president Lula's support. Well, I reckon these people ignore the fact that Dilma was bound to go where no other woman had gone before, she was going for the post of president of the fourth largest democracy in the world. People forget that Dilma didn't have any of the characteristics usually atributed to women (a husband, children, in other words, a loving family), so she had to rely on herself. She had to show the country that, although she didn't any of the tipically female stereotypes, she was capable and tough enough to handle it. The problem is: since she was a woman, she had to be twice as tough and transmit twice as confidence as a man would have to, so she ended up being labled as scary or people would say she couldn't reach people, and her political abilities were too limited. Well, there is no use in denying that Lula's support was a major asset in Dilma's campaign, but we shall not be as mistaken as to say that she only won anything because of Lula. Truth is people love gossiping and feeding rumors about other people, but the inevitable truth is Dilma is the first female president of Brazil, and she has changed our history in a way no one has done before.