The Independent reports, Chacon has committed a terrible “gaffe”…. Anything a woman does or says can and will be used against her in the court of public opinion. The more powerful that woman is the more vicious and hateful her detractors will be. Male politicians have been cocking things up since the beginning of time, yet they carry on.

India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) was founded in 1972 by Ela Bhatt, a groundbreaking woman lawyer, the SEWA organises and provides credit, health insurance, pensions and other essential safety net services to hundreds of thousands of self-employed Indian women.

The good news, ladies, is that there are three jobs (of those surveyed) where women make more than men. The bad news is they are: data entry clerk, postal clerk and special education teacher.

Imagine the whispers and looks the family would get if the wife and mother went on regular jaunts, sans kids and hubby, to an exotic land—much less brought home her colourful new friends.