Gender Roles in Politics

[Miulang]

Re: Gender Roles in Politics

Usually the media gets hold of this kind of information and plays it for all its worth (like the black guy who ran as a Democrat in Minnesota and because the first Muslim to serve in Congress). But in Coco's case, like in his case, their "uniqueness" was known but no one (not the candidates themselves nor their detractors) decided to use that uniqueness to any advantage/disadvantage, which is the way it should be.

Miulang

[TuNnL]

Re: Gender Roles in Politics

There's a reason why they were voted into the BOE in the first place.

Well, in the case of Ms. Iwamoto, like political analyst Neil Milner suggested earlier, MidWeek columnist Bob Jones is saying it’s partly because many voters simply didn’t know about this part of Kim. If you’re so naïve as to suggest that knowledge would have had no effect on the numbers, I have a bunch of tasty horseapples you may be interested in purchasing.

[Palolo Joe]

Re: Gender Roles in Politics

If you’re so naïve as to suggest that knowledge would have had no effect on the numbers, I have a bunch of tasty horseapples you may be interested in purchasing.

Umm... stop putting words into my mouth. I didn't say it would have no effect. I said she was elected for a reason, regardless of her gender.

If any of these people cared enough to read Iwamoto's bio, they would have figured it out. There's that line about graduating from St. Louis that gives it away.