women and politics

Title: women and politics
Category: Literature / English
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women and politics

March 19, 2001 Contemporary Europe Short Essay “Women In Power: From Tokenism to Critical Mass” “The policy of making only a perfunctory effort or symbolic gesture toward the accomplishment of a goal.” That is the definition I found when I looked up what tokenism meant. I feel that this definition describes exactly what is going on when looking at women in political power. The article, by Jane S. Jaquette, changed my mind completely on the way I …showed first 75 words of 930 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 930 total…the US government is doing. They are doing nothing more than the required bit. Why? Maybe they are scared. Maybe they are dumb. But how is it that the most powerful country in the world that claims to be the freest and most equal is allowing women to be so under-represented? Why aren’t they under more scrutiny? I can’t honestly answer these questions but hopefully someone can and will make a difference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**

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