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In reply to the discussion: Robert Reich -- Hillary "cannot run on being the first woman to be president..." [View all]TheBlackAdder
(28,239 posts)The position of president drove mostly male character traits. The Eagleton site has a lot of public reports you can search through. Such as how the media centers on women's clothing more than their positions. Another thing that separates men from women in politics. If a woman wears too flashy of clothing, too expensive, the same outfit more than once, etc... they are hammered for it. Men can wear the same suit every day and no one cares. Here's a 2008 thing that identified who had an easier time running for office:
http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/elections/documents/08-PresWatch_LifetimeNetworks-ReactiontoHistoricElection_12-03-08.pdf
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Characteristics of a President (Can't find the traits one publicly):
http://www.gallup.com/poll/12544/values-seen-most-important-characteristic-presidential-candidates.aspx
http://www.gallup.com/poll/28693/Which-Characteristics-Most-Desirable-Next-President.aspx
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Most women have to run for office as married, when their children have left the house. Being a mother, while running for office is seen as a negative by many voters, that's why women candidates who have young kids will not publish that fact or downplay it, so they aren't seen as shirking in their traditional family role.
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Here's some of how women still face hardships.
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/01/14/women-and-leadership/
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While people are leaning towards a female candidate, in a poll,any emphasis on gender drives negative results.
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Here's the polls of accepting a woman president:
http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/elections/preswatch_polling.php
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88% of world leaders are men:
http://iwl.rutgers.edu/documents/njwomencount/womenHeadsofStates.pdf
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Here's a partial overview, most of the research requires a student EDU account. As a older, continuing ed English & Poli-Sci student, I have acces to most docs, but cannot publish them or report them.
http://tag.rutgers.edu/teaching-toolbox/classroom-resources/lesson-module-women-and-the-presidency/