Is the first female presidential nominee of a major U.S. party being judged fairly?
- pbrizak
- Nov 25, 2016
- 2 min read
Is the first female presidential nominee of a major U.S. party being judged fairly?
During the whole Presidential Election this year, Clinton supporters have griped that she has been held to higher, harder standards than her opponent, Donald Trump. Clinton had been questioned about her use of a private email system and her vote for the Iraq war, while Trump seemed to skate by without questions about concerning comments he had made and behaviors he had exhibited. Trump seemed unchallenged compared to his opponent Clinton.
When reporters asked Clinton if she felt she was being treated fairly during this years campaign, her answer was unsurprisingly, "No." "I don't understand the reason for it," Clinton said. "I find it frustrating, but it's just part of the landscape that we live in and we just keep forging ahead." The fact that this strong and powerful women already knows she is going to be held to higher standards than her male counterparts is outright ridiculous.
Throughout this whole White House campaign, Trump has repeatedly defied the conventional rules of politics and despite Trumps history of corporate bankruptcies and lawsuits, he has still managed to come out looking better than Clinton has. Trump has refused to release his tax returns while Clinton has disclosed decades of filings, and is still being questioned and called a liar. Clinton has apologized for a long list of past policy ideas and personal choices, while Trump has acknowledged that he does regret, just never specified exactly what he was sorry about. Trump has displayed a reckless level of ignorance and should be held to the same standard of truthfulness of his statements that Clinton has been held to. Trump has had an ability to manipulate situations to his advantage, which we saw over and over through the election. Trump has already been able to dominate the news with provocative comments and his failure to suffer any consequences for his words while Clinton has been scrutinized as an angry and defensive person who portrays no smile and is thought of as cold and unemotional.
This bias that exists between men and women politicians is something that is apparent and visible. The fact that we have gotten to a point in our society where a woman can run for President is outstanding, but we need to stop judging these women politicians on superficial aspects about themselves and more on their policies and what they claim to offer. Until we can move to a more unified and equal system, we must work at making it better and acknowledge that this bias exists and work to fix it.
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