Gender Equality In Congress: Why It Shouldn’t Matter/Outsetmagazine.com

Listen to feminists and you’d think that women are not just the minority in Congress, but are completely barred from entertaining the thought of such an ambition. Gender parity among politicians is as popular a lament as they come. Now that the race box has been checked in the list called: “People Who Still Need To Be President”, the gender box is “logically” next. With midterms on the horizon, equality among the ranks of the 535 members who make up the bicameral legislature is of increasing focus.

Before commenting on the oppressive nature of public office, let’s disregard the following, shall we?

• The Supreme Court of the United States currently has three justices who are female (Ginsberg, Kagan, Sotomayor)
• Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State under President Obama (and also a presidential candidate)
• Sarah Palin was Governor of Alaska, and VP candidate with McCain (but she probably doesn’t count)
• Condoleezza Rice was Secretary of State under President Bush

Feeling better by having purged just a few of the many political successes for women from my memory, let me proceed.


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