The Roles That Exist

So, when you think of politics, do you see strong feminists and cover pages with women standing strong? Well, not very many, you probably could count themall on both hands. I read this article by Molly Whiteman that did some surveyson whether or not these students taking a Law School Admissions test wouldpursue a career in politics. The results showed not many females preferred tohead in that direction. I want to know why. It raised some questions in my mindbecause in this time frame women are doing and becoming so much more careerwise despite the differences within treatment of genders. Yes, there is thatfact that female politicians have a harder time getting people to take themseriously, and by them I mean male counterparts.

Women already have a hard enough time making their way into the world as it is;now doing something predominately male doesn't ease that task. I wanted to knowthat would becoming a politician solely judge a candidate due to the gender aperson has? Is that even moral? Or fair? Then it makes me wonder if sexualitywould ever come into that judgment.

Here is something interesting to think about.

Was the reason for the lower results for females who didn't want to pursuepolitics caused by how dominant politics are by men? Or was it simple nothing?Or was there not enough data or wide variety of participants to gain insightfrom?

-Kira M

Gender Roles in Politics-- Link