What Affects The Gender Make Up In State Legislators And Does Gender
Matter?
Introduction
Does the relationship between the percent of state legislators who are women influence the policies and laws that are passed in states? And, if so, what are the important areas that women exert greater influence over? Is it abortion laws? Religiosity? Unemployment rates?
These are the questions that I will seek to answer throughout this research paper. Specifically, there will be two main objectives: whether or not certain attributes of a state constituency contribute negatively or positively in regards to the amount of seats held by women, and, if these attributes do impact in a positive or negative manner, how big of an impact, once elected, do these women exert power on a variety of issues.
I believe that not only would it be interesting to find out whether or not certain variables determine a states legislature gender make up, but I think it is also important to know how big of an impact, if there is an impact at all, that women legislatures have across a variety of issues and how their views on these issues impact policy making decisions. We can use these variables to determine how to better help increase gender equality and representation in the long run, especially with how society has evolved in the last couple of decades alone. what President Barack Obama said is true during the 2014 state of the union address and that women are still making
Between the article written by Sarah Stickney Ellis and the article from the Ohio Women’s Convention, two competing perspectives of women’s rights and gender equality are displayed. From opinions provided by Sarah Stickney Ellis, women should not be involved in politics, men are entitled to women treating them as superior, women have certain obligations to their husbands, and men and women have different natures, which is why they should be treated differently. Her article regularly expresses the belief that women and men are not equals with the latter superior to the former. In almost complete discrepancy to what Sarah Stickney Ellis said, the Ohio Women’s Convention believes that women should be involved in politics and the government,
In addition to the arguments above there are some very strong disadvantages to this system such as it excludes women from the legislature. The ‘most broadly acceptable candidate’ syndrome also affects the ability of women to be elected to legislative office because they are often less likely to be selected as candidates by male-dominated party structures. Although the evidence across the world suggests that women are less likely to be elected to the
Women play a huge role in society and are becoming more predominant in parliament as the years progress. The issue? They only represent 38.6% of seats in the upper house/senate (Women in national parliaments, 2016). This is a huge problem considering women make up 50% of Canada’s population. Does that statistic prove that women are not getting adequate representation in parliament? The rights of women need to be addressed, maybe not in parliament, but through representation in numbers in parliament. Women are just as equally qualified for parliamentary jobs as men, and the more that this truth is pushed, the more representation women will get. This truth is only realized by some, as the numbers previously show, but the only way for women
there are some issues that critics of amending the charter of the City of Detroit do point out. The literature on the representation of women finds precisely the opposite effect for single-member districts. While there are some exceptions, the vast majority of the research has concluded that districts are either meaningless (Alozie and Manganero 1993; Bullock and MacManus 1991) or disadvantageous for women candidates.” Trounstine and Valdini are quoted as saying “. Because women are nearly always between 48% and 52% of a community’s population, we cannot expect that they will be aided by districts. Furthermore, there is little evidence of gender-polarized voting. A number of studies have found that voters evaluate female candidates drawing on gendered stereotypes and that these stereotypes can affect perceptions about candidates and vote choice.” While it can be expected that changing the city charter to elect councilors by district or ward instead of at large may benefit African-American and Latino males, there is no clear evidence to support that these changes will benefit white women and women of color any in advancing their ability to hold elected office in Detroit or hold their councilor any more accountable than
Leaders are the central figures in a team, and they are attributed to the largest share of blame or praise depending on the performance. New leaders in an organization are faced with many challenges on how to start making an impact and successfully lead the subordinates on the set mission. According to Kangas (2013), the key element for a new leader is to establish interpersonal links and relationships that are necessary for learning about the organization. The success of the leader and the organization as a team depends on the quality of interpersonal relationships that develop to help the leader in implementing their mission. Additionally, the influence of leaders over their followers is largely founded on the interpersonal relationship as members of a team (Kangas, 2013). Another major source of challenge for leaders in organizations is the implementation of changes that affect the existing relationships and roles in major operations. BBBSA demonstrates the challenges that can arise for new leaders in organizations in implementing changes and the effectiveness of the Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) theory in addressing leadership issues.
claim of women to the Parliamentary vote on the same terms as it is or
Max has a lot of help with technology and friends in his journey to defeat those in position of power, which give him better odds at succeeding. Winston, on the other hand, has little to no assistance in his quest to resist the government, which is why he evokes a greater sense of hopelessness. In Elysium, Max is fortunate enough to have friends and acquaintances such as Julio and Spider to help him out. A powered exoskeleton is also implanted in his body which gives him superhuman strength that enables him to kill the malicious robots. This aid does not evoke a sense of hopelessness, but rather a sense that Max may be able to accomplish his mission after all despite his radiation poisoning and economic status.
Thirdly, feminists are concerned that the small numbers of women in the House of Commons means that women’s interests and needs are not being
The Golden Age of Greece known as Classical Greece was the peak of Greek civilization. History recalls that this period consisted of inventions, innovations, and many great minds all alive during the same time. These great men influenced western civilization and without them there would be no western civilization to exist. One of these great minds was Plato, a man who was responsible for laying down the foundations for philosophy. The philosophical question he sought answers for are still being debated today.
legislation in the United States are mostly based on a state level. One federal law for example,
Female representation is impediment for Political matters and topics regarding women decided by the Federal Government. For example, in 2006, female Senators from all main parties united and supported a bill to change legislation on the abortion pill, removing the Health Minister Tony Abbott’s right to retain the veto on the introduction of the
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.
genders. Women may have the same political rights, however they are still degraded and seen as inferior to men. So, women in politics are now trying to prove that they are just as capable as men are. However, their attempts are being suppressed due to the inappropriate comments against them. Sexist remarks in the media against female political candidates is the reason why there is a smaller amount of women in government.
Women are underrepresented in political offices at the national and local levels. Currently, only 17 women serve in the United States Senate out of 100 seats and only 16 percent of the United States House of Representatives are female. Why is this a problem? Legislatures, the House of
Reserve the few important portfolios for the women-------- female ministers are typically given ‘feminine’ portfolios, such as education, health, social welfare or environment. Moreover, governments do not consider gender equality as a priority, gender equality issues are missing from the budgeting process, and women are not present in the financial, peace, and international negotiations, structures and delegations. The participation of a proportion of women in government in all levels should be established as one of the rules of democracy. All governments should thus include a proportion of women. Men and women alike are fitted to hold government