Women only have 13.8 percent of the seats in the United States House of Representatives in 2001. The record for women in appointed offices is really poor. Sociologists Richard Zwiegenhaft and William Domhuff have pointed out that women are now part of the power elite. Women are still under represented and most of those women who have joined it come from upper class families. Women have the right to be a part of political debates and elections that not only affects them, but there family, and the society as a whole. When women participate in these events, they can help with ideas and agreements, and better improve peace making and not allowing violence and going to war with other countries. But like before women are having problems with being more involved in these kinds of activities and events and are excluded from political
Women only have 13.8 percent of the seats in the United States House of Representatives in 2001. The record for women in appointed offices is really poor. Sociologists Richard Zwiegenhaft and William Domhuff have pointed out that women are now part of the power elite. Women are still under represented and most of those women who have joined it come from upper class families. Women have the right to be a part of political debates and elections that not only affects them, but there family, and the society as a whole. When women participate in these events, they can help with ideas and agreements, and better improve peace making and not allowing violence and going to war with other countries. But like before women are having problems with being more involved in these kinds of activities and events and are excluded from political