The difference on how long it took and why it took so long for women to break the glass ceiling of the US nation's top office, as opposed to women of other nations like India and Philippines. What were the different traits of Clinton vs. Aquino and Patil, factors that affected it (cultural, traditional, religion, etc. ) is there barriers and biases involved?. When women fight back or act aggressive they are seen as an individual who bends the natural order of things, but when a woman is passive they are regarded as weak. In Barden (1996,142) he stated that it has been observed that negative attacks by women may be counterproductive, because they are seen as deviant from standards of kindness and understanding.
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In The Gender Of Politics. (n.d.). Since its earliest beginnings, politics in the United States has been long dominated by men. Politics has historically excluded women, as gender norms socialized women to be passive, doting, and accepting, rather than confrontational, savvy, and aggressive, as men are socialized to act. These socialized gender constructions had long oppressed women, and restricted them to the home and domestic sphere, where they were expected to care for the house, yet have no final say in what happened within …show more content…
Campus, D. (2016) a woman may be wicked enough to plan the assassination of her enemies contradicts her loving and caring image, as she is stereotypically described. So a woman who tries to attain power is then regarded as someone who ruins the natural order, but when a woman rejects power she is viewed as someone who is weak and incapable. Why hasn’t the US had a woman for a president? While other nations are several steps ahead. In the readings that I have read women in the western hemisphere are mostly viewed as a problem compared to eastern hemisphere. According to Campus, D. (2016) today’s female leaders face a much more difficult job. Combining enough toughness to lead the nation and enough care to understand people’s worries and problems. So in other words when a woman tries to be tough or tends to care to much she isn’t cutout to become a successful
Based on the reading that I’ve …show more content…
In The Gender Of Politics. (n.d.). Since its earliest beginnings, politics in the United States has been long dominated by men. Politics has historically excluded women, as gender norms socialized women to be passive, doting, and accepting, rather than confrontational, savvy, and aggressive, as men are socialized to act. These socialized gender constructions had long oppressed women, and restricted them to the home and domestic sphere, where they were expected to care for the house, yet have no final say in what happened within …show more content…
Campus, D. (2016) a woman may be wicked enough to plan the assassination of her enemies contradicts her loving and caring image, as she is stereotypically described. So a woman who tries to attain power is then regarded as someone who ruins the natural order, but when a woman rejects power she is viewed as someone who is weak and incapable. Why hasn’t the US had a woman for a president? While other nations are several steps ahead. In the readings that I have read women in the western hemisphere are mostly viewed as a problem compared to eastern hemisphere. According to Campus, D. (2016) today’s female leaders face a much more difficult job. Combining enough toughness to lead the nation and enough care to understand people’s worries and problems. So in other words when a woman tries to be tough or tends to care to much she isn’t cutout to become a successful