Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef and the Women

B"H

Years ago, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef used to be the Sephardi Chief Rabbi and now he is the spiritual leader of the Sephardi - haredi SHASS party which just received 11 seats in the Knesset. For the past few years, SHASS had been a coalition partner of Kadima and now, after the recent elections, they try to avoid anything but returning to Kadima.
Why ?

The difference is that now Kadima is run by Zipi Livni and not by Ehud Olmert anymore.
And Zipi (Zipora) is a woman. Rabbi Yosef is not too excited about women and has made some anti - female quotations in the past. "A man going between two woman would be like a dog (or was it a donkey ?) !" Of course, this quotation is from the Talmud but, nevertheless, a wise rabbi doesn't just say anything out loud in order to say something.

Although I am anyhing but a Livni fan, not talking to a woman if she may be the next prime minister is out of place. Being involved in politics means being in touch with the outside world and I have to take into consideration that this job involves talking to woman or Gentiles. Politics and especially the outside world are not my little backyard and G - d created us all to do Tikunim (soul reparation).

On the other hand, I would like to know how haredi women see a female prime minister ?
Maybe it helps them getting more self - confidence. I am going to ask some haredi women but already know what many of them are going to tell me: "Why bother with all that? Isn't having a family enough ?"