qualifications to be president of the united states the u s constitution as it stands now does not allow a woman to be president of the united states the reason being sections and of article ii make it very clear by the use twenty times of the masculine pronouns he and his that the drafters intended that only a man could be president the drafters intent is further evidenced by the fact that they did not give women the right to vote plus who among them would have thought that a woman could be commander in chief of the army and navy of the united states