Kathy Hochul, who became New York's governor on Tuesday is one of only nine women in the United States currently in a governor position. Experts explain why there are fewer women than men in politics, pointing to unfair stereotyping and scrutiny.
that was set in 2004 and repeated in 2007 and 2019, the Associated Press reported. Women still trail far behind men in holding gubernatorial positions. The delayed and yet-to-come gender parity in politics, according to researchers, can be attributed to scrutiny and unfair stereotyping, while toning down on this and instituting policy that better accommodates female candidates may help narrow the wide gap.
The amount of enquiry that women face stagnates much of their process. Women politicians are typically “held to a higher standard than men politicians, and there is a pattern of women politicians having their lives scrutinized in a way that men politicians don’t typically experience,” said Alison Dahl Crossley, Executive Director of The Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.
Stereotyping jobs against women is another factor that can contribute to deterring women from politics. Rachel Bernard, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Davis and coauthor or has found that “women face bigger barriers running for higher offices that are stereotyped as masculine—like mayor—than they do for lower offices like school board that are stereotyped as feminine.
And the scrutiny persists. The average woman running for office is actually more qualified than the average man running, Bernard said, pointing to Hochul as a good example of this. Hochul served as New York’s from 2015 to 2021 after serving as a congresswoman and the Erie County Clerk. “But when women run, voters overlook their qualifications,” Bernard said. “Often there's a big focus on women's families, appearance, and relationships that just isn't there for men.
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