Women & Politics: Does Fashion Trump Intellect?
This is from a post by Lisa Witter for The Huffington Post…
I’ve got whiplash. That’s how quickly the national discussion of women’s leadership has changed from one of the merits of an accomplished senator turned potential first female president to the clothes of the potential first ladies.
Media coverage everywhere is “Michelle vs. Cindy.” Where do they buy their dresses? Do they make bacon for breakfast? And, of course, which one can we compare to Jackie O?
Is anyone else as appalled as I am at how quickly we have gone back to thinking of women in the oldest of stereotypes - as only wives and mothers?
I’m a wife. I’m a mother. I love my family. But I’m other things, too. We all know that the presidents’ wives play an important role in policy and diplomacy in one way or another.
