Is there a problem with a woman as PM?

I REFER to the letter “Our women need to cut their teeth” (The National, July 19) by Frank Goi.
I accept that 95% of PNG women did not get a chance to enter higher learning institutions to get degrees to qualify them to become politicians, if that is what the writer is implying.
But let me ask a simple question: “Did the writer’s mother need to cut her teeth to raise him?”
I believe she did a perfect job with love and care to raise the writer to where he is now.
Did Sir Michael Somare cut his teeth to become a prime minister in 1975?
The prime minister did it out of his passion for a nation to be free from a colonial rule. He led this country with distinction, love, determination and dedication.
The writer did not ask whether male politicians needed to cut their teeth before becoming politicians even though some of them are illiterate?
Mind you, with or without degrees, these guys have done well, but why single out women and call us to cut our teeth before we are eligible to be politicians and to be a candidate for prime mi-nister for that matter? 
Of course women need these qualifications to be combatable and make meaningful contributions.
Is there a problem with having a woman as a prime minister?

Susan Setae
Port Moresby