Gender Stereotypes

These expectations do not suit every woman’s lifestyle; also, being a selfless female does not always yield many rewards. In fact, catering to others can portray women as vulnerable and unable to make their own decisions; therefore, women are underestimated, used, and not given the proper justice they deserve. For example, women in politics has been an ongoing controversial issue. Along with women been told that they were unfit for office, during the Presidential election of 2016 women have been degraded in politics more than any other presidential election in history and has caused the most public uproar (Vick et al. 26). The reason why this election has caused chaos is due to the fact that a specific candidate said many shocking and degrading things about women during his campaign and lifetime (Obama …show more content…
Also, before Clinton became the face of the Democratic party, Trump made the election about women by making and ad hominem attack when he stated, “Look at her face” (qtd. in Vick et al. 26). Women and supporters responded to being ignored at the Women’s March, which was claimed to be more than an anti-Trump protest and feminist march. It was a march for every marginalized population (Vick et al. 26). Topics from the march included reproductive rights, gender justice, immigration, minimum wage, clean water, and criminal profiling (Vick et al. 28). Also seen at the Women’s March, signs saying “We want a leader, not a creepy tweeter” and “Keep your tiny hands off my rights” (qtd. in Vick et al. 28). To explain, although the topics were broad, the march covered very important topics pertaining to a woman’s choice to have an abortion, choice to carry a child, and choice to pick career over family. All in all, women are not being well represented in politics due to being seen as too sensitive to have a real say in political