POLS 2375 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Tokenism
23 Jul 2019
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Gender and executive leadership: the political and business sector share many masculine traditions in their structure, environment and culture. By the mid 1990"s, women started using these feminine traits to their advantage (empathy, collaboration, cooperation). Electing madam president: executive brand is the most masculine of the three branches because of its hierarchical structure, unity of command and the ability to act decisively. Informal qualifications include being a protestant white male with good health of a certain age. Women in the executive branch: the cabinet: during the mid part of the twentieth century, women cabinet appointments were usually viewed as tokenism. Women with family responsibilities realize many career opportunities somewhat later in life. House staff comes from the president"s campaign where women rarely play major role: governors and other statewide positions: most women running for governor have previous political experience at either the local or state level. Women are most successful when running in open seated elections.
