Kajesji,

You have just proved why so many western people think that eastern/asian/arab/whatever countries are just inherently sexist.

People ridiculed Sarah Palin for being a hick and having no knowledge of the wider world. She, as an individual, was stupid, and Americans (and the world) on the whole did not like her.

But at NO POINT did anyone simply say 'Sarah, you're a woman, and a women are generally too weak to hold positions of power, so get back in your box'.

Such a view only exists amongst the elderly and the stupid in western countries. Unfortunately, it still prevails elsewhere.