Do you think as a woman and mother, that your approach to business is different to that of a man?

I have been thinking for several days to write an article about woman and mother in business, more specially the perceptions that others have of us.

It all came to my mind when I was watching the international news and heard the speech of the South Korean first woman president elect. After the speech they had some views of her citizens about her election. And it was interesting to see how the majority mentioned that they were hopeful of her leadership since she was a mother  therefore she  would be able to lead differently. Women specially were hopeful that she would bring to the table new laws to help woman in the country present difficult future forecast of economic difficulties.

Then again few days later on the plane to spend my Christmas holidays with the family, I found a question in a magazine sent to a female editor asking if she thought that by being a woman her approach to business was different of that of a man. I happen to agree with the editor when she says that everybody’s approach to business is different and that business is not gender specific and that either you are good at it or not. Of course this is applied to politics, but do people see it that way as well or do they still judge business and political leaders on gender preferences?