Opinion | America stacks the deck against women in politics
Source: The Cap Times
According to the U.S. Census, the majority of Americans are women, yet only 31% of Wisconsin State legislators are women. According to the Pew Research Center, there were 1 million fewer men enrolled in college than women this past winter. Yet women earn $0.84 for every dollar earned by a man.
The implications of changing gender roles, which seemingly should empower women, do nothing to counteract America’s structural and ideological underpinnings of women. As a young woman in university studying politics, I am inspired by women who hold political office, but it becomes obvious that female candidates must prove themselves to a further extent than male candidates.
Oppressive ideology, as well as the perception of women within our society, exemplifies that a woman must jump impossible hurdles to be America’s president. These hurdles are deeply rooted in American ideology and the policies that uphold a discrepancy of power between men and women.
Read here the full article published by The Cap Times on 23 April 2024.
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According to the U.S. Census, the majority of Americans are women, yet only 31% of Wisconsin State legislators are women. According to the Pew Research Center, there were 1 million fewer men enrolled in college than women this past winter. Yet women earn $0.84 for every dollar earned by a man.
The implications of changing gender roles, which seemingly should empower women, do nothing to counteract America’s structural and ideological underpinnings of women. As a young woman in university studying politics, I am inspired by women who hold political office, but it becomes obvious that female candidates must prove themselves to a further extent than male candidates.
Oppressive ideology, as well as the perception of women within our society, exemplifies that a woman must jump impossible hurdles to be America’s president. These hurdles are deeply rooted in American ideology and the policies that uphold a discrepancy of power between men and women.
Read here the full article published by The Cap Times on 23 April 2024.
Image by The Cap Times
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