The Political Representation of Women Jian Yeo Y8
Women are discriminated against in many aspects of life, including a greater chance for men to become workers and not giving that many chances to women. Some people may believe or consider these things are a normal and ordinary situation in their daily lives, not really caring about how the women will feel a huge sense of discrimination. One of the major and most severe problems regarding the discrimination of women is the political representation of women. From a political perspective, there have been a myriad of issues concerning women throughout the years. They have not been treated the same as men in court or other political places.
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According to the BBC , a woman named Sean Nguyen believes that “male leaders tend to have more authority. It’s wrong and I’d like to see that change, but… we have to work within the system we exist in.” Women are desperate for a change in the world; however, the world has already established a culture of men who are stereotypically described as being much more powerful and trustworthier than women. Furthermore, the political scientist Ono stated, “Female candidates face a more difficult time figuring out what would be the good strategy to win the election or get more support from people, because deviating from gender stereotypes might be bad for women. At the same time, conforming to gender The most crucial fact that people have to know stereotypes punishes them as well. So, it is that women were not given the opportunity to seems very difficult for female politicians to participate in decision making. Women were find the sweet spot when they plan their kept away from the decision-making tables, strategy.” This makes women express unable to show their opinions in certain themselves and stand out more in law courts situations, which may actually solve the or in other political meetings, creating a consequences. The prejudice against and scheme of the lack of representation that distrust of women are still continuing. Only 41% women can show. of the people living in Germany believed that a female head of government was very To take another example, Kamala Harris, the comfortable for them, in spite of Angela current Vice President of the United States, is Merkel’s lengthy time of chancellorship. Even predicted to become the United States’ highest though some women possess power, due to the ranking woman ever in history. However, culture people have of distrust in women despite numerous supporters’ leaders, they are enduring political underencouragement, she still constantly faces representation now. This further illustrates that criticism and distrust from some in her it is more difficult for women to gain political country and on the global stages where she power and stability. makes her speeches.
