Children absorb the power dynamics and gender roles they observe and this shapes their understanding of who a political leader should be.
- Professor of Politics and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
As young children learn about politics and political figures, they internalize the idea that politics is a man’s world, which ultimately means political representation is heavily skewed toward men.
Children think about politics. And based on surveys from 1950 to today, it seems children hold far less favorable views of the president’s personal characteristics now than they did 70 years ago.
In the past, running for political office and being a mother were seemingly incompatible. A scholar of gender and politics explains why times are changing.
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