ABC posted an article yesterday "Hillary Clinton: US Still Working Toward 'Womens Full Political Participation'". Hillary is advocating for equal women's rights and even calls it the "great unfinished business of the 21st century." She talks about how there is no country in which all women participate in politics, and she urges women to do this. Also, that she wants this not just for America, but globally.
According to the United States Census Bureau from February 2012, women are the majority of the United States population. Rolling in at about 157 mil compared to men's 151.8 mil women take the majority by 5.2 million people! They are also the leading majority in education with 30.7 million women over 25 with bachelors degrees or higher. Men only came in at about 29.2 million with a higher education. This made me think of the article by Tocqueville "Democracy in America." He speaks about how the majority of a population typically, due to sheer size, will rule out the minority vote. So it made me wonder why we have not elected a woman president, and why there is still so much gender inequality in the workplace in regards to power and income. So my question is, if Tocqueville is right about majority vote in America, why are we still behind with gender equality? And when will the women's majority vote, take power and make a change?
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb12-ff05.html
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/03/hillary-clinton-us-still-working-toward-womens-full-political-participation/
This is a great question and it's something I think we should talk about in class on Monday! Also, your blog this week was just posting your group project ideas, so I've given you points for next week's blog. :)
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