The New York Times reported on a new study by the
Center for Government and Civil Society that showed that "elective office is still overwhelmingly a white male occupation."
According to the article, this is due, at least in part, to the small number of women and minorities in the top state jobs which often lead to political office. What do you think can be done to get more women and minorities into these political positions?
8 comments:
I believe just showing Hilary's effectiveness on the campaign should speak for itself even though she is no longer in the running it just proves how much women are qualified to run for offices and given the chance which unfortunately ads the article states not enough women are in the running or given the chance things have not changed their unfortunately.
Women are still being judged on old female stereotypes. Wearing a skirt has nothing to do with their ability to run a country. Being sexy and young, do they judge other male canidates like that? I did not think so. Men and women who run for a position like the presidency should be judged on their ability and not how old they are, how sexy they are or how they dress.
Women make up more then half the population - and it's a shame people are not appointing them to elective offices. I think it's important for people to raise public awareness about this; especially if they are running for a position. Support would help women and minorities possibly get state jobs.
I agree with all three comments. women still are being judged by what we wear and how we act. women are just as qulified to run office.
but people dont see it that way, the just she the sterotypes of being a women and that the president should be man. there is no set rule that a man has the run the country.
In our society people have the mentality of MEN = POLITICS. And when they find women inbetween, it beocmes an issue and headlines for media and publications. They don't want to look at the fact that, how much an individual in capable of doing? Instead, that individual is judged for being a woman. We can't say that women haven't succeed in politics, ofcourse they have and they can but most of their voices haven't been able to heard among the crowd.
I agree. I believe raising awareness of this issue is key. But, hopefully, we will start to see a rise in women and minorities in politics since people now have role models to follow (especially in this election) like Hillary, Palin, and Obama. I think this helps people see that it is possible to achieve that.
I think that all that needs to be done to get more women and minorities involved in government positions is to just encourage them. Let them know that it is possible and they can do it if they really want to.
I believe in all the comments that were made also women should be given a fair chance and know we are capable of running for office.
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