What Will It Take to Make A Woman President?: Conversations About Women, Leadership and Power by Schnall Marianne

Author:Schnall, Marianne [Schnall, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781580054973
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2013-11-04T18:30:00+00:00

MARIANNE SCHNALL: Why do you think we’ve never had a woman president?

KATHY NAJIMY: I think, even with the advances that we’ve made, which are considerable, there’s been a lot of backlash as well. I believe that sexism and misogyny are as alive today in some places as they were twenty years ago. We know women are as smart as, if not smarter than, men, and as capable as, if not more capable than, men, and we actually had a woman running for president who was more qualified than the men running for president. But still, all the knowing doesn’t affect the gut sexism that lives within. Across America and the world, there are still men and women who believe that women are second-class citizens, inferior, and that their sole purpose is birthing, mothering, wifing, and maybe . . . kindergarten teaching. It seems we are not ready to hand our beloved country over to someone who we really believe—not instinctually or authentically, but because we’ve been taught and conditioned to believe it—is not as qualified simply because she is a woman.

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