Throughout history being women been associated with a negative connotation of being too emotional, not smart enough, not good enough, and most importantly not as good as a man. In China and many parts of the world when a woman births a little girl, it's brought as shame than if she was to give birth to a little boy. Many women in history have fought hard to denounce these harsh overtones of being a woman. They have proven themselves to be more than just a housewife, a mom, a woman but as an equal to every man. One woman who has broken all barriers and is making a difference right now so little girls can dream bigger than before is Hillary Clinton.
Clinton was born October 26, 1947, as Hillary Diane Rodham to Dorothy and Hugh Rodham (Patrick, …show more content…
(McGinley, 2009)
Through Clintons uphill battle in politics, she has experienced several challenges mentioned in Women’s Lives a Psychology of Exploration by Claire A. Etaugh and Judith S. Bridges. Feminism while in a man-dominated world, gender stereotype, and sexism. According to Between the Waves: Currents in Contemporary Feminist Thought, there are different definitions of feminism relative to women’s identity as a feminist as stated:
The question of women's identity has been visited in several interrelated forms in the second wave: essentialism (a debate on whether or not women share common features by virtue of being a woman), intersectionality (the argument that sex-based oppression does not occur separately to or exclusively from other socially and culturally constructed categories such as race or class), and the shifting focus from equality to difference (tackling inequality requires respect for difference and diversity among women). (Hague, …show more content…
Her expectation exceeded what a typical man running for the same job would be, Dubriwny states:
Women running for office have had to develop numerous strategies for dealing with what is a classic double bind: women must prove that they are "man enough" for the job, while at the same time demonstrating that they are not too aggressive, angry, or tough (Jamieson, 1995). (Dubriwny, 2013)
A big discussion that has been argued many times over and over again is how a woman is perceived when she’s the boss at a workplace. If a man is running things he is perceived to be tough, in charge and it’s completely normal, he is idolized and looked up to but if it’s a woman in that position she is presumed to be bossy and labeled as a bitch (Dickson,2010). Clinton has to balance these stereotypes in a position where most first ladies were not as outspoken and in search for leadership roles, she was. The fact that she always wore pantsuits, unlike other first ladies, came into question. She broke barriers for women, and in a sense made it okay to be the stereotypical “bossy”. On a Saturday night Live segment Tina Fey in regard to Hillary Clinton
Clinton was born October 26, 1947, as Hillary Diane Rodham to Dorothy and Hugh Rodham (Patrick, …show more content…
(McGinley, 2009)
Through Clintons uphill battle in politics, she has experienced several challenges mentioned in Women’s Lives a Psychology of Exploration by Claire A. Etaugh and Judith S. Bridges. Feminism while in a man-dominated world, gender stereotype, and sexism. According to Between the Waves: Currents in Contemporary Feminist Thought, there are different definitions of feminism relative to women’s identity as a feminist as stated:
The question of women's identity has been visited in several interrelated forms in the second wave: essentialism (a debate on whether or not women share common features by virtue of being a woman), intersectionality (the argument that sex-based oppression does not occur separately to or exclusively from other socially and culturally constructed categories such as race or class), and the shifting focus from equality to difference (tackling inequality requires respect for difference and diversity among women). (Hague, …show more content…
Her expectation exceeded what a typical man running for the same job would be, Dubriwny states:
Women running for office have had to develop numerous strategies for dealing with what is a classic double bind: women must prove that they are "man enough" for the job, while at the same time demonstrating that they are not too aggressive, angry, or tough (Jamieson, 1995). (Dubriwny, 2013)
A big discussion that has been argued many times over and over again is how a woman is perceived when she’s the boss at a workplace. If a man is running things he is perceived to be tough, in charge and it’s completely normal, he is idolized and looked up to but if it’s a woman in that position she is presumed to be bossy and labeled as a bitch (Dickson,2010). Clinton has to balance these stereotypes in a position where most first ladies were not as outspoken and in search for leadership roles, she was. The fact that she always wore pantsuits, unlike other first ladies, came into question. She broke barriers for women, and in a sense made it okay to be the stereotypical “bossy”. On a Saturday night Live segment Tina Fey in regard to Hillary Clinton