Why can’t we elect a woman president in the U.S.
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Why can’t we elect a woman president in the U.S. when many other countries have? Well... “other countries have invested a lot more in closing some of these gender gaps," says Professor of Gender & Politics at Royal Holloway University Jennifer Piscopo, on with Molly Jong-Fast.
It creates “normalization." #Velshi
Why not here? What’s holding us back from putting a woman in the White House
In the past three election cycles the United States has had two chances to elect a woman president. And both times, the least qualified candidate in modern history has beaten two objectively well qualified women for the job. President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign “did a full court press on the institutionalized misogyny that is very much a part of American life,” said Molly Jong-Fast. But the United States could be doing more to normalize and encourage women in leadership. “Other countries have invested a lot more in closing some of these gender gaps in politics and outside of politics than the U.S.,” said Professor of Gender & Politics at Royal Holloway University of London Jennifer Piscopo.
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