1. Pat Shroeder’s feels very strongly about women in politics and has a lot of ideas regarding the comments that are usually made about Hillary Clinton because of the fact that she is a women that is running for the President of the United States. One example is when Hillary Clinton began crying when she talked about a certain issue. There was a lot of talk about this all over the news. People usually try to put down a presidential candidate because of any reason that they could think of and the prime reason that Hillary Clinton usually gets put down is because she is a women. The media tries to portray her as only a woman who is not able to run a country by herself since she gets too emotional. Pat Shroeder brings up the sexist part of our society that is hardly ever mentioned in times like these. Although, when someone makes a racial comment, such as one involving Barack Obama, we will never hear the end of it. As we have moved through many generations, women have been able to speak their minds regarding issues involving women’s rights. Women will always have their voice in society and it is up to them to keep that voice strong.
2. The issue of class and gender always comes up when we are introduced to the 2008 democratic race. Gloria Steinem, in one of her articles, decided to write about the issue. The media usually tries to separate the two since they are currently competing against one another in the race. Gloria Steinem brings up a good point when she says that people should be looking into the issues that these candidates are able to fight for rather than looking at their race and gender. People should be united because of their similar beliefs and ideas that they have in order to improve a certain society rather than beginning a feud do to race and gender. When people do focus on race and gender, more problems begin to arise in the society. The main point for Steinem is to defeat the Republican candidate in the next Presidential election which could only be done if there is a unification of issues. As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama near the end of their democratic elections, many people should think about how their decision was affected regarding the race and gender of the candidates. These candidates have been judged and scrutinized for many months because of their race and gender. There are many issues about race and gender that are still in affect in our society today and it is time for the people of this nation to put their prejudices and stereotypes aside in order for them to decide who is most capable of becoming the next President of the United States.
