Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.231.46.205-20151112031449/@comment-26525483-20151112034102

Clarke became a leader in season 2 because she was a leader in season 1 which you said you agreed with. Once you have 300+ kills under your belt and have proven to have effective ideas most people will let you keep your job. The grounders also recognized Clarke as the sky peoples leader so they negotiated with Clarke even with the adults there (who were against her leading). not all of the leaders were female on the grounders side, Tristain was a higher rank than Anya and took control of her army. Finally the commander must be new to leading (less than 5 years most likely) because before she became commander (through spiritual selection)  she was Anya's second and is still young herself. Also I would think women would have a higher chance to become leaders because all of the great strong men youre talking about would spend more time hunting the surrounding area and thus prime targets for reapers. I think there is some bias in the show but its fairly easy to accept with these ideas in mind.