Gender Stereotypes In The United States

Over the course of United States every single one of the forty-four presidents have been men; and of their vice-presidents, all of them have been men as well. The 2010 census, conducted by the United States Census Bureau, shows that males represent 49.2% of the population while females represent 50.8%. Why is it that in a nation almost equally divided between male and females there has never been woman president?

All over the world women head countries as Chancellors, Presidents, and Prime Ministers. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Markel has been in office since 2005 and the United Kingdom had Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister from 1979-1990 and currently has Theresa May since 2016. India had their first woman prime minster in 1966, Indira Gandhi, who served until 1984. In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first woman prime minster by serving as Sri Lankan’s political leader. Way back in …show more content…
According to the Census Bureau, for people in the 25-34 age group, 37.5% of women have a bachelor’s degree or higher, while only 29.5% of men do. This is much higher from the people over 65, with only 20.3% of women who have a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 30.6% of men. Women today are increasingly more qualified to hold jobs, head companies, and be elected officials. It is entirely evident that in the near future the United States will have a woman president.

Of the United States Congress, the very people who supposedly represent the United States population, only 108 of the 535 members of Congress are women. If women are 50.8% of the United States population, don't they deserve to be equally represented? As a woman, and soon to be an adult citizen of the United States, I believe that women need to rise up and take those leaderships positions. They should lead the country towards a better future where the melting pot of the United States is adequately