Women in Politics

Women in Politics

  • Submitted By: helenat412
  • Date Submitted: 12/03/2013 8:43 AM
  • Category: English
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In the essay “I’d Rather Be Black than Female”, Shirley Chisholm stated how she felt women should have the right to devote themselves to politics. She believes that being a dark-skinned person has fewer handicaps than being a woman, because she there is prejudice against women in society and is a problem that is still exists today. Chisholm showed how society thinks women are second-class citizens in the world. Working in Congress, Chisholm saw that members of her party would have meetings to discuss ways of stopping her actions or decisions. No one would take a black person’s ideas especially if that person was specifically a woman. Not only as women was she considered as second-class citizens, she was also stereotyped as a “happy homemaker” or a “contented darky”. It was common for people to think that women should stay at home and take care of the house and family. This essentially sets a limitation for women to have a job in the “real world”. When women were looking for jobs, they were often asked, “Can you type?” because typically women were only allotted jobs such as teachers, librarians, or secretaries. Men would never imagine that women could also be doctors, administrators, or even lawyers. The equalities women develop slowly through time due to the suppression by men; There is still yet to be equal treatment for women by men. As a woman myself, I believe we should be able to go into politics because there are too many men and not enough equal representation, which at the same time indicates that the word “equality” is not thought through.

A TV show called “Parts and Recreations” aired on the topic of female representation in politics and the episodes “Women in Garbage” showed how women should be in politics and how it benefited society. In the scenario a girl named Leslie who worked in the government, found that men in their positions do not believe in women and what they were capable of. Leslie wanted to fight for women’s right and how...

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