Susan Doran “Elizabeth I Gender, Power, & Politics” (May 2003): “many historians today share the preoccupation with Elizabeth's gender; they tend to stress the problems she faced as a female ruler in the patriarchal sixteenth century and the ways she attempted to circumvent them. I would suggest, however, that these difficulties have been overstated and that Elizabeth's methods of negotiating her gender have been partially misunderstood.” Female rulers before her and after (29).

Today, the question of power and the gender of Gates is not questioned in relation to power.

Doran: From birth, Elizabeth wielded power from her royal blood and it was here that she gained her power. In sixteenth century England Doran notes, “a female monarch was given rights by God which permitted her to rule over men." There were many other female rulers of the sixteenth century in Castile, Scotland, England (before Elizabeth) and also female regents (who acted during the absences of their monarchs) of Spain, Scotland, France, and the Netherlands and Doran points out “female rule was no great novelty” (Doran 29)

From birth, Gates wielded power from his gender and had a weakness for computers.

On the Internet and television, Gates face is broadcast as the epitome of power and control.

Tim Grantham praises Gates as a hero of our era:

"Gates also deserves praise for his social conscience, which isn't fashionable for the wealthy to have in America. His huge donations to worthy causs, his support of public education, and his thoughtful syndicated columns add up to more than mere public relations: they reveal a genuine commitment to the public interest that's hard to square with the accusations made against his company of criminally self serving practices. Gates is not wihout fault. I still think he is wrong in saying that Microsoft has no monopoly in desktop operating systems" (22).

In Kapur's "Elizabeth," gender is used to sway Elizabeth's but is this represent the time our ours? Queen Elizabeth uses the icon of the Virgin Mary in order to secure her identity and wield power over her people and the court.

Iin Psychology Today,

"Intelligence comes in many guises: the bully, the wit, the tongue-tied, the affabel, and the misfit." Here Gates falls under the bully: "Bill Gates began to bang his head on the table and shout: ""Do you think I'm an idiot? Don't use that logic on me!"" Seligman says people who are very bright grow skilled at the art of intimidation, using the power of their intellect like a sword. "They exploit their ability in the same way that Audrey Hepburn exploited her beauty" (93).

As wife and husband, "The Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation has a $27 billion endowment and in jus a few years has pledged more than $7 billion" (Buffett 60).

Gates battles lie on the fileds of competitive marking and capitalism. U.S. Congress in debate over declaring Microsoft a monopoly. CBS News 1998: "Gates to Congress: Hands Off. "Microsoft's Bill Gates calls the software industry "an open economic opportunity for any entrepreneur in America."; C-Net News, 1998: Microsoft not a Monopoly; 2005 Microsoft Communism.

Elizabeth traveled through towns like a parade, dressed in jewels and the center of attention. In Kapur's "Elizabeth," the image of the painted white face is a symbol of purity, closer to reality, Elizabeth had the small pox at age twenty-nine which left her face scarred and as a result she wore white lead makeup and even had mirrors removed from her rooms (Lewis 22).