>>395234>Most religions have women unable to attain the highest levels of achievement, due to them being considered secondary in ability to menhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/11885441/Dalai-Lama-says-that-any-female-successor-would-have-to-be-attractive.html"Tibet's spiritual leader has declared that if it is a woman, she must not just be loving and affectionate - she should also be easy on the eye.
In remarks that have astonished his followers round the world, the 80-year-old Buddhist has said that while he would be happy for a female to take over his role, a plain or ugly candidate would not be suitable.
"That female must be attractive, otherwise it is not much use," he told a startled BBC interviewer."
" , in which he was asked whether it was possible that a woman could succeed to his position.
He confirmed enthusiastically that it was, mentioning that in a previous interview some years before, he had told a French female reporter that a woman Dalai Lama would have "biologically more potential to show affection and compassion".
He then leaned forward to Mr Myrie with a smile and added: "Then I told that reporter: ‘If it is a female, the face should be very attractive’."
Clearly surprised, Mr Myrie retorted: "You are joking, I am assuming. Or you're not joking?"
The Dalai Lama then made it clear he was not. "It's true," he replied."
"He has, however, also made it clear that he does not like backlashes of the sort that his latest remarks may now have courted. "Some feminists have too much emotion," he once said. "That I don't like." "
