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The Effects of Media's Focus on Women Candidates' Appearance Aren't Pretty

Karin Agness | Posted 04.12.2013 | Women
Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton's Haircut, Michele Bachmann, Kamala Harris, She Should Run, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Maureen Dowd, Name It Change It, Barack Obama, Female Candidates and Attractiveness, Women News
Karin Agness

As Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners explains, "Women candidates pay a real price when they are covered in a way that focuses on their appearance."

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Breaking News: U.S. Now Ranks 79th in World for Women's Political Participation

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.13.2013 | Politics
Read More: Sexism in Media, She Should Run, Women's Political Representation, Women in Congress, Gender Parity, The White House Project, Name It. Change It., 2012 Elections, Emerge America, Center-for-Women-and-Politics, Politics News
Soraya Chemaly

This is The Year of the Woman. Again. As a result of Tuesday's elections, the 113th Congress will include the highest number of women senators ever: 20. Hate to be a killjoy but the truth is that even with this improvement women are still woefully underrepresented in this country.

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Why Women Should Wage War on Big Money in Politics

Blair Bowie | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Gender Equality, Women's Rights, Campaign Finance Reform, War on Women, She Should Run, Susan B. Anthony List, Gender Wage Gap, Emilys List, U.S. PIRG, Planned Parenthood, Citizens United, Politics News
Blair Bowie

It's said that there are two types of power: people and money. However, those two are not weighted equally. So despite being a coveted "voting bloc," as long as women earn less than men, we lack the political power to even control the conversation about our own "issues."

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Women Must Vote with their Purses in 2012 Elections

Sam Bennett | Posted 06.23.2012 | Women
Read More: Women's Campaign Fund, 2012 Elections, 2012 Election, Women and the Vote, Vote With Your Purse, She Should Run, Gender Gap, Center for Responsive Politics, Women and Politics, Women News
Sam Bennett

Women can't ignore the fact that money, along with voting and volunteering, is critical to leveling the playing field between men and women in politics.

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Amanda Terkel

Women Gave Less In Political Donations In 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.23.2012 | Politics
Read More: Women Politics, Political Giving, Video, Vote With Your Purse, She Should Run, 2012 Election, Women Voters, Female Political Giving, Elections 2012, Women Political Donations, Political Donations From Women, Center for Responsive Politicals, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After the 2010 elections, the number of women in Congress dropped for the first time in more than 30 years. A new report shows that it w...

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What The Iowa Caucus Means for Women

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 03.03.2012 | Women
Read More: Center for American Women and Politics, American Exceptionalism, See Jane, Susan Faludi, Michele Bachman, Gender Bias, Gender Equity, Women's Media Center, The White House Project, Tucker Carlson, Women in Politics, Emerge, Backlash, Feminism, She Should Run, Media Bias, Name It. Change It., Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton, Jeanne Zaino, Off the Sidelines, Equality, World Economic Forum, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

It's unpatriotic and irresponsible to ignore sexism.

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