Women in Poltics

[sephie23]

I am writing an arguement paper about women in american politics and the gender bias they face.... I have seen from my research that europeans seem to elect more women to government/ leadership positions and I am wondering why that is. Do they face less obscles, or belief that a womens place is in the home/ taking care of her family first, or is it the set up of the government/ parties that work in their favor. If you have any thoughts, ideas please write back!

[Azarimanka]

Well, I dont know much being British, but looking at America as a foreigner I think it is a much more traditional country than those in Europe in terms of its cultural values. I think in many ways this makes it a better society, but I think in some respects it might lead to things like gender discrimination.

[Hylie]

Personally, I believe women to be more rational and better judges of character. When it comes to things like politics they do seem to better present them selves than men do.

I don't believe it has anything to do with old fashion values but more to the point that women CAN do the same jobs as men. Better even.

From what I know of women in government, they do a DAMN fine job. ^_^

[graceofbass]

I don't think there is much gender discrimination in the US today. Women serve and have served in every position in politics, except for president. I think the general lack of women in politics is due to a lack of interest. That can very easily be disputed, but I see very few women who even try to run for president, which is why it's a big deal that Hilary is running. That's my personal opinion.

[Mr. Fish]

I don't believe it has anything to do with old fashion values but more to the point that women CAN do the same jobs as men. Better even.

Like prostitution.

I'M KIDDING, I'm kidding.

Anyway, the way I see it, it appears that women seem to have an equal shot in politics nowadays. A great number of women feature prominently in politics, including one that has a fathomable shot at being president of the United States. Even here in America's heartland we have a female senator here and there. There are more males in politics than females, but if anything that has to do with gender roles or other things rather than outright discrimination. I could see where people might think of a man as more "presidential" or whatnot than a woman, which might make for a slight bit of difficulty for a female candidate, but I belief such a problem is rather negligible, and ought to go away with time.