'The Glass Ceiling In Politics Has Been Shattered'

For years in the United States of America, women have been battling for their rights. In the early years when the United States were colonies, under the English common law, “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law. The very being and legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated into that of her husband under whose wing and protection she performs everything,” (History of Women’s Rights in America). Now in present day America, Hilary Clinton gets the presidential nomination for the Democratic party and becoming the first women to lead a majority party, however she lost the election. Where the United States is today, America would not be like it is now without the leader of the free world, the president. Comparing both President Wilson and Ford, how they help women’s rights, what they accomplished, and how Congress had an impact.

There have been many significant strides since 1970 when women occupied almost no major elective positions in U.S. political institutions. Today’s society has reflected remarkable changes in women’s equality and acceptance. In 2008, Hillary Clinton received 18 million votes when she fought for presidency of the Democratic Party . In 2011, Sarah Palin was listed at the top of her candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. However, women are consistently being underrepresented in the political world reaching beyond just the federal level. Clyde and Thomas attest the underrepresentation to two basic reasons: lack of political ambition as well as historic exclusion of women from professions that tend to lead toward the political arena . Three central barriers contribute to the difficult road ahead for the

It is only recently, all things considered, that women are playing larger roles in the United States political system. However, there is still a large gap in gender representation between men and women. Some women, like politician Wendy Davis, are working diligently to close this gap and represent issues important to women. Despite the progress that is slowly being made, there are still large issues that face women in politics today, and under the scrutiny of the public eye it can be difficult for women to prove their readiness for leadership roles (though this should not be the case). In this paper I will be analyzing Wendy Davis' campaign for

The 2016 United States presidential election was both a historic and unprecedented election in the country’s history. This past election saw our first female presidential candidate nominated by a major political party and almost the first female president, Hillary Rodham Clinton. This is a momentous feature, coming nearly 100 years after the Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States in 1920. As can be illustrated from these two points in history, women’s rights have come a long way, however, there is a great deal of progress that still needs to be made. Misogyny and sexism are still prevalent today, especially in the realm of politics. As a result, Clinton was met with many acts of the sort in this past election

In order to completely articulate the influences that the “glass ceiling” has had on all three legislative branches, the research design will take a historical qualitative approach or an ethnographic qualitative study tactic. The qualitative study will give further understanding of women’s views, regarding the Glass Ceiling while trying to obtain a secure position in the House of Representatives, Senate and Presidential ladder. The population, in this research study will focus on woman in two political parties, the Democratic and Republican party. Research will help further understand the phenomenon of the glass ceiling in woman in politics. The research variables include woman’s inequality and the Legislative branches. The variables will be

When I see Hillary Clinton and I see myself. As an American woman, a recent graduate of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and current graduate student at the University of Oxford, Hillary Clinton inspires me to believe that I too can enter the old boy’s club of American politics. Clinton reminds me of the many women throughout history that we don’t know or learn about, because they so often worked in the shadow of powerful men. Despite spending the bulk of her life in a male-dominated field, Clinton has continued to fight for the rights of women. If women like myself succeed in the political arena, it is because of women like Clinton who have gone through difficulties that we can (luckily) only imagine. Although the political glass

Initially it was thought that women were underrepresented in politics and elected office because they were underrepresented in the “eligibility pool” (Welch, 1978, 372). The idea was that women were socialized to believe that their duty was in the home raising children. As such, there were very few women in the “eligibility pool,” the typical jobs that have a tendency to lend themselves to a future in public office: law, business, and medicine among others (Welch, 1978, 373). This line of reasoning would suggest that all that has to be done to increase the proportion of women in public office is to increase their presence in such fields and disciplines (Fox, Lawless, and Feeley, 2001, 412). This explanation, however, falls short. The proportion of women in these careers has increased immensely and yet the disparity still persists (Fox and Lawless, 2011, 60).

).The bias that arises against women in politics emerges on several fronts. The first form of bias that can be explored is in consideration of the idea that women are much less likely to have political aspirations instilled in them and nurtured from a young age ( Fox & Lawless, 2013). Even though women were just as likely as men to pursue political information and express interest in it as they are in high school and college, they are much less likely to be encouraged by parents and other close family members to actually run for office( Fox & Lawless, 2013). This works as a form of bias against females, where families do not provide the supportive context that is needed to propel women to seek election. This is troubling because it leads to an internal bias, where women doubt their own ability to function in the capacity as a successful politician. According to Fox and Lawless, over 50 percent of women who are finished school and established in their career still feel as though they are not prepared enough to run for office, where only 30 percent of men think the same (2013). This shows that women who are just as qualified, if not more, than men still underestimate their own ability.

Change the perception of society and political stakeholders regarding women’s capacities ➔Electing greater numbers of women to public office can thus build confidence among women, contribute to strengthening legislative and policy agendas, and increase trust by the electorate in the political system. The presence of women in office, however, can also lead to broader, positive changes in the social and cultural perceptions of women’s capacity. The presence of strong, capable women in public office can result in changes in societal perceptions, and can help combat gender-based stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes.

When Hilary Clinton was asked what does she want to do, she replied, “ I want to be a trial lawyer,” she was told that she couldn’t because she does not have a wife (Vox). This statement not only does ascertain the existing of the glass ceiling, but also it proves that the stereotype of women in the second role also occurs. Making a comparison between 19 nations, the results showed that the increased level of sexism in a country affects harmfully on the involvement of women in politics due to the fact that women only occupied 16% of parliamentary seats (Lammers 186). Politics and power positions have been mannish (Zamfirache 176). Well, the number of females in government is somewhat assorted among nations Only 6% women made it to the parliament in USA (Moita157). These numbers are frustrating and evidently state that there is a misrepresentation of women in the politic field. Consequently, the intention behind this fact is the existing of the glass ceiling, which has been led by many ideas such as women can’t be presidents, however, they are required to take care of president. Or as notes by Zamfirache ladies must be wives of presidents, but not presidents (177). Locating women as a second role is one way of structuring the glass ceiling in the political field.

Despite the fact that the inequality has been principally reduced and women have gained their rights through protesting, the ongoing imbalance between genders regrettably still exists in the political world. According to the statistics gathered by the Center of American Women Politics , female politicians are the minority in both legislative institutions. Firstly, we should examine The House of Representatives. In 2013, men accounted for 82.1% while their female colleagues accounted for 17.95, which accentuates the previously stated disproportion. Furthermore, the male senators additionally dominated the halls of the Senate. As stated by Center of American Women , 80% male dominated the American Senate. Cherise Charleswell, a feminist journalist

The importance of educating, encouraging and treating our youth as equals for engagement in political conversation and encouragement for political office is important in order to diversify our political future. The political ambition gap between women and men is complex and cannot be attributed to one specific idea but rather a culmination of the traditional family roles that women experience growing up, the masculinized ethos that’s desired for political leaders and the gendered psyche that could prohibit women’s ambition (Lawless 166). The most compelling portion of this combination of deterrents is part of the traditional family roles that women experience, childhood upbringing can have an effect on what women choose to pursue as adults and family dynamics are rooted in children starting from a young age. The cultural norms of how women are and should be treated in a society are the foundation to who those women may become. Without women in leadership roles, public policy is made by men and may not consider policy that would benefit women and increase diversity in politics.

A significant body of research has been developed in political science to demonstrate that the presence of women in political office changes the substance and process of policymaking and politics. From the state to the national level, women elected officials have expanded the scope of the policy agenda and brought more diverse perspectives into legislatures (Kathlene, 1999). We also know that at the state level women legislators work more on women’s policy concerns than their male counterparts and offer programs to support those concerns (Carroll, 2001; Thomas and Welch, 1991; Thomas, 1997; Little, Dunn, and Dean, 2001). Similarly, at the national level, women legislators broaden the issues under consideration and move women’s issues onto the agenda (Wolbrect, 2000 and 2002). Further, female legislators actually introduce most legislation on women’s issues and co-sponsor more such legislation than their male counterparts (Wolbrect, 2002; O’Connor2001).

Only a small portion of the United States Congress consists of women, this shows that the women of America, rather if in the workforce or government jobs, are shown to be secondary compared to men. Back in the 1900’s, women took their first step in trying to gain more rights for themselves by working to earn the right to vote. This process unfolded very slowly with many struggles along the road, but after 20 long years,

Throughout history government and politics has been a patriarchal system; controlled by men. In recent years this system has been challenged as women have recently been gaining traction in the political world, after a past of zero tolerance of women in politics there is still a major issue with the number of women in the political realm. Women are underrepresented in politics and government because although men in politics like to fight for equal rights for women, in reality they are hesitant to follow through at the cost of losing their own foothold in the political world.