A Women For President

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A women would make a great president and we need a women president in the United States. Women still don’t get equal pay, and it would be a stepping stone to see a women president. If women can vote for president, there is no reason why they couldn’t be one. Hillary Clinton is apt to be the first women president at this rate. We shouldn’t vote for a president just because of what gender they are. Overall voting for the best candidate is what matters, but eventually a women will be able to take up that presence. Recently the media has an abundance to do with who we vote for. We have never had a woman president, but we will one day. Having a woman president would open more doors, just as Barack Obama has. We haven’t had a woman president in the past because of sexism, intimidation and underestimation.

The first reason we need a women president is that it would fight sexism. Gender bias remains a significant obstacle for women presidential candidates (Smith). A woman president would be a good change, and conjure up a great role model. All too often, women running for any political office is hidden in the media. Women are discriminated against for their motherly nature. In a Newsweek magazine poll in July of 2007, conducted by the Princeton Institute with one thousand persons at least eighteen years of age were interviewed. Whereas eighty six percent said they would cast a ballot for a woman (Manila Bulletin). The nation isn’t as sexist as we perceive it, and women deserve equal participation in society. The status quo of all-male United States presidents needs to end. In the 1870’s Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president. Why the country isn’t active in the pursuit of a woman president is a mystery. Two common ex...

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