Men and women have countless differences that affect their political behavior as well as their thoughts on various issues. In political elections men and women tend to distinctly vote differently from one another, which has been called the gender gap. The gender gap refers to the different voting patterns of men and women in all modern elections. Although, the gap can reduce or expand at each election in response to the different candidates and the issues that they represent. In elections, the Republican Party receives the majority of votes from men, and the Democratic Party receives the majority of votes from women, and more women than men turn out to vote . This exemplifies the idea that the ideologies and policies of both parties are more …show more content…
The differences between genders is the largest in the outlooks and alignments that influence electoral involvement. Women’s involvement in other forms of electoral activity falls behind men, but more women then men exercise their right to vote. The women’s movement strengthened the idea that women’s political ideologies could and should be different than their father’s or husband’s ideologies. When voting in presidential elections, women have inexplicably continued to support Democratic candidates compared to men who vote Republican. Women are more likely than men to vote Democratic because they are more liberal on issues than conservative. Also, most of the issues on which they have a liberalist view are significant in party voting than the issues where they have conservative views. For instance, women are more likely to support social and educational programs; they are also more likely to advocate for human rights and reproductive healthcare.Women also favor government involvement which is often advocated against in the Republican party. While Men are more likely to affiliate with the Republican party because they lean more conservative on issues; for example, they are less open minded when it comes to social programs and LGBT rights. The Republican ideology is against abortion and gay marriage and it advocates for gun rights, which is exactly what men align …show more content…
The narrow margin that Bush won by triggered a recounting of votes. In many counties in Florida both the state and federal courts presided over the results of the election, and the case eventually reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's litigious decision awarded Florida's electoral votes to George W Bush which enabled him to take the victory against Al Gore. The results of the election showed that “men favored Republican candidate George W. Bush over the Democrat, Al Gore, by 58% to 37% - a 21-point margin. By contrast, women in the same survey favor Gore over Bush by 50% to 42% - an 8-point margin. That swing in support represents a 29-point "gender gap" separating men and women in their vote preference” . As shown in the graph the below, this gap between the genders was the largest difference in the history of elections prior. This could be because Al Gore advocated for a more feminist agenda. He focused on questions that were more likely to appeal to women because of their socioeconomic conditions. Women endure a greater onus for children's education and for their family’s health care. This was reflected on how they aligned because they supported education, health care, and and policy that addressed social concerns in this election. While men are more likely to be head of the household and the main source of income;
Women first gained the right to vote on August 26, 1920 with the 19th amendment was approved, giving women full voting rights. Fortified by the constitutional victory in 1920, the handful of new women in Congress embarked on what would become a century-long journey to broaden women’s role in government. In the intervening years, the drive for more women’s rights encompassed the lives of the next generations of women. Even today, women are still fighting for their rights and stand up against prejudice. On the forefront of this movement are our women congresswomen who speak on behalf of all women. When Hillary Clinton announced her presidential candidacy, controversial questions immediately surfaced about the role of gender in politics. Through Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008 and 2016, media is the principal propagator in showing bias and sexism.
Wilson points out that women are steadily gaining traction in legislature, but at a severely slow pace when compared to other Western democracies. Over 30% of all Democratic state legislator are women. Conversely, fewer than one in six Republican state legislators are women. The chances of a woman winning or losing a political election is no greater than a man’s chances.
Over 49.6% of the population is female, and yet in 2015 “Women currently hold 104, or 19.4%, of the 535 seats in the 114th U.S. Congress” (Center for American Women and Politics). Despite this odd split between population and politics, a little
Have you ever noticed how women are below men in society, whether it’s politically or financially. This all starts with women’s rights of equality and making America a place free of racism and inequality. Women are as hard working, efficient, and spiritually strong as men.
Many people doubted women’s abilities to take care of the same issues that men handled. Nonetheless, over time, women have been able to spread awareness about their deserved rights; they have “established strong lobbying groups, won legislative and judicial victories, survived the defeat of the ERA, changed public attitudes about the equality of women, and helped overcome some of the gender imbalance in elective and appointive public office” (Women, 1961-present). Although equal rights have not been fully granted, women accomplished many feats in the past ninety years. Females have gained access to holding public office, with many of them reaching high positions. Women still must work to gain equal rights, but they have come a long way in terms of political
Family is one of the oldest institutions in human history with a universal and basic role in all societies, and studying the structure of family in different cultures will help us further understand its functions and effects on society. During the 20th century, the common family type in America was the “nuclear family”, two married heterosexual people living with their children (Coontz, 2006). Due to many influential changes, the concept of family has been redefined and it now includes a variety of living arrangements. Feminism has been one of the successful social movements, and has promoted alternative types of the American family. The movement has different priorities in each society, and in the United States one of the issues is the “gender pay gap”. Gender pay gap is defined as the average difference between men’s and women’s aggregate hourly earnings (European Commission, 2014). According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2014 the median weekly earnings for workers with at least a bachelor’s degree was $336 lower in women than men, and for workers with advanced degrees was $445 lower in women than men (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015). This average difference of $17,000 to $24,000 a year is one of the contributors to the “gender pay gap” issue. The importance of financial security is a well-known fact that women in America began embracing it after World War II; many women decided to postpone marriage in order to focus on their education and career
The article “Moving Beyond the Gender Gap” by Abby M. McCloskey discusses the gender gap when voting. In a national election, more women vote for the Democrat nominee rather than the Republican nominee. In the past, Mitt Romney lost the women’s vote by twelve points to President Barack Obama. In the most recent election, Hillary Clinton won the women’s vote by twelve points. When broken down by race and ethnicity, the gap grew to ninety points among black women and forty-two points among Latina women.
Women have failed to capitalize on the right to vote ever since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. For the most part, women do not desire to involve themselves in political affairs. Moreover, women who wanted to run for a political office often lacked the efficient management to run their campaign, and the adequate resources to use the media to advertise their campaign agenda. Since we live in a democratic country, women should never complain about their failure to gain adequate representation in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Society cannot do much more for women to win political elections and compete against men; women should learn how to support each other. In a free country, various groups of people, including women, will always demand certain rights that will serve their own agenda. It is healthy to compete and demand certain rights, but some women’s rights are baseless and cannot be granted because women should not be treated more sympathetically just because they are women. America is the land of opportunity for those who are willing to work and strive to achieve their
Political participation is when one partakes in an activity that has the intent or effect of influencing government action. The most political participation women partake in is voting. National documents do not refer to women and refer to them in context as wives, mothers or property. Most of the freedoms and virtues given in those documents were to white men. McBride and Parry discuss of the Supreme Court views women's rights. They state “At the same time, the Supreme Court guidelines leave room for legislation that treats men and women differently, with potential for unequal treatment. The equality dilemma remains unsolved” (47). Since the nineteenth amendment was ratified not much has been done about women’s equality and while the court promises equality for all it does not live up to its promise. A lot has changed since the twentieth century and the courts should work with the government to reach decisions on various issues discussed in this paper. In terms of political participation and the political parties the numbers are again disportionate. In agreement with this, Barbara Burelli states in her book Women and Political Participation; A Reference Handbook “Women make up a small portion of Democrat and Republican delegates. Women have consistently reported lower levels of involvement, and the gap has not
Table 2 presents figures for the United States. All of the gender disparities seen in the US are not above a 10% margin. This could signal smaller differences when accounting for sampling errors. Additionally the United States gender roles like women not working and men being more involved in sports make the findings insignificant. Table 3’s only significant finding was that men were near 5% more likely than women to belong to at least one associations worldwide. Most statistical data allows for 3% error, without error being stated at all in the report it is unknown if this is significant. Additionally table 4 shows little differences in involvement of genders with men slightly outnumbering women when it comes to involvement worldwide. This difference falls when taking into account factors like having no children (3% more men), and egalitarian views on gender equality (2% more men). Again without discussing the margin of error in any of these results the numbers, all of which are under a 9% difference, become
The gender wage gap has been a substantial subject that has had numerous studies done, that included extensive debates and commentary for the past three centuries. In fact, the gender wage gap predominantly affects women. For example, in 2003 people reported that women make eighty cents for every dollar men make(Gender Pay 8). For one thing, women should not be getting paid less for doing the same job as men. The individual hired at the same time as another individual should receive the same starting pay until it is shown they deserve more pay than they are receiving. If the wage gap continues to grow at the rate it has been, it will be another fifty years before women make the same as men (Discrimination 1). The workforce has grown a considerable
This is significant because most of the population consists of females. With the given right for females to vote, this can cause a dominated power towards the Democratic side. Analyzing the three elections of 2000, 2008, and 2016, it can be said that the female population consistently voted more democratic. The reason for their voting ways can be because of their view on factors such as the LGBT rights, abortion, and the environment. (Chaturvedi, Richa. “A Closer Look at the Gender Gap in Presidential Voting.” Pew Research Center, 28 July 2016)
Throughout history, gender inequality has shown to be an issue across the globe, especially in the workplace. Men have always had a greater and more powerful presence in careers of all kinds. Today, in the sports marketing industry, this proves to be true as women constantly battle to make advances within their companies and outshine their male colleagues. The purpose of this paper is to explore the issue of the “gender gap” in the business world, specifically sports marketing for the National Football League and how this issue may be solved: by presenting a sense of self-confidence in professional women.
We have all heard about the gender wage gap on the news or in the current debates, but why is it any concern to you? I understand that this issue might not apply to a college student; however, you need to be aware of this issue since it could affect your major and future profession. Surprisingly, this issue even applies to males. Some argue that women are facing a wage gap because they choose more flexible professions, lack negotiation skills, and produce less as many hours as men mostly because they are assumed to devote more time to children. I disagree, because women should have the right to earn same amount of money as a man regardless of their personality,
War is inevitable because of opposing views and conflicting opinions. During these hard times, women, although rarely recognized, played a big part in the success of our country. They made their mark during World War Two when they took over the jobs of men and proved they are just as efficient in the workplace. There has been a dramatic change since then. Women have found their identity through these hardships; which in return, has set the pace for the years to come and narrowed the gap of the social norm of women in the work place.