Women are no better than men when it comes to politics

I have read at least two Huffington Post articles, on the newspaper’s Canadian website, about the need for more women to get involved in Canadian politics. One was more focused on the proper means by which women should enter politics, and the other was a criticism of, well, a testosterone dominated Canadian Parliament. 
Regardless of the authors of the articles, one message resonated throughout: We need more women in politics!
I couldn’t agree more.
However, there are many unpleasant realities in political life that I’m sure many female newcomers to Parliament are now experiencing. Such unavoidable non-pleasantries are: arguments, ideological debates (with the recent postal strike and all), party allegiance, public scrutiny, the very thin line between what’s right for your constituency and what’s right for everybody else, power struggles etc.
Such things are unavoidable in the political arena as they are in life. Thus, my only disagreement with the idea of more female involvement in Canadian politics is the suggestion that women will somehow bring more decorum to disagreements on Capitol Hill.
Say what? Do proponents of female political involvement, most of whom are women, yes that’s right, all of the articles I’ve read were written by women, really think that somehow women are immune to ideological differences?   
I have to ask, do women not argue about things that matter most to them? Do they not sometimes get into physical altercations when no verbal agreements can be reached? Do they not put emotion ahead of reason, just like men sometimes do?
I think they do, and thus cannot, and will never be able to avoid the trappings of power.
Power has a universal allure, one that transcends ethnic, gender and political differences. In fact it is so predictable that too much of it can infect even the most well-intentioned person. History has taught us many lessons, and the most prescient one is the one on power.
Women are no less susceptible to the impulse to ridicule their opponents, to aggravate each other just to get their points across, to make a scene where none is warranted, to decide the wrong course of action etc. than men are.
So, to those postulating that women are somehow more balanced and more objective, or even better equipped with handling conflict, I have to say, think again.  

They are no different in their political behaviour than us men.

Oh and here are the two articles I’ve read, The Lack of Women in Politics: Focus on the Obstacles by Emma Woolley and Is there a Wrong Way to get Women Into Politics? by Jarrah Hodge.