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This 6 page paper looks at various roles that women have in government. It is suggested that while appointments are made to high positions, women still have trouble becoming elected. The reasons for this are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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to wonder whether this model is appropriate, or merely a token gesture. In other words, women do not carve out a niche for themselves but rather, ride on the coat
tails of male companions or gain the sympathies of presidents. For instance, Hillary Clinton was first lady and a powerful one at that, but could one say that her position
is legitimate or even appropriate? Should she have been given the task to fix health care? Clearly, she did not do a very good job in that position. Women
do have a difficult time obtaining elected positions and so the roles they are given could in fact be construed as leadership positions and one might equate them with similar
roles for men in elected office. In other words, if one construes these roles as legitimate leadership positions, even though they are note elected offices, one may give the roles
a sense of legitimacy. One need not be elected to be important. At the same time, there are no particular roles that are peculiar to women. They are given the
same chance to serve as another individual who might happen to be male. The idea is that the president chooses cabinet members based on criteria, but that criteria really should
not include gender. Instead, it is thought that presidents choose based on all available possibilities and if the choice for a position happens to be a woman, that is even
better. Borrelli (2002) seems to think that women are selected for cabinet positions, as well as others, with the use of different criteria than is used for men.
At the forefront, it seems, that there are different expectations set for women (2002). While this may be the case, and that cabinet positions are somewhat of a "gift" to
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