#28

In practically every country in the world, men reign superior in politics and women reign as the minorities. There is much bias against women in elections. Across the globe women hold only 16 percent of the parliamentary seats. Research shows that voters believe women do not carry the characteristics need to perform leadership roles and the jobs in politics. "Gender is one of the most salient social categories and often the first categories on the basis of which people are judged" (Lammers 1). When voting, a voter would never question casting their vote for a particular candidate because that candidate was a male but women, on the other hand, will get questioned majority of the time because of the particular reason that they are a female. Voters make much use of stereotyping because it serves as the easiest way to come up with a quick image of the political candidates. The fact that men have a competitive, straight forward attitude people are quick to think they would be best for the job rather than a stereotypical female who is communal and pro-social. Some voters cast their ballot based on which candidate they think would handle the problem they themselves think to be the biggest issue at the time. For example, if a voter thought terrorism was the biggest issue they would pick a male candidate over a female candidate to handle such a problem because men are stereotypically assertive and could deal with the dirty problems like this while a female would be more prone to deal with a health care issue. In my opinion more than likely voters will find a lot of issues more important than a health care problem which in a women's reach, therefore be more prone to vote for a male candidate.