The Problem for Women Is Not Winning. It's Deciding to Run.

This article is about not enough women running for political office. For so long women have felt as if they were not qualified enough to take on a political job. Most women just didn't have the confidence. Society praise men for ambition and not women. When it come to women, they are very hesitant about promoting themselves.

Upshot did an article with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and her take of women in political office. She feel that women are just as likely as men to run for office and get elected, but women  just don't run. The number of women serving in office slowed downed back in the 90's. The so-called ambition gap of women are less likely to be encouraged by parent, teachers, or party leaders to run. When women do run, they often start out at lower-level positions than the first-time male candidates. A study done by Jennifer L. Lawless of American University says, "Women are going to assume there's this bias and you get undercut and encounter sexism every time you open your mouth, and the reality is that's just not true". She sees Hilary Clinton as a perfect example and role model for the women in politics.

Gabriela Schneider disagreed with the article from Upshot. She feel it's not an "ambition gap" that holds women back from our rightful place in elected office, but a systemic flaw in our politics that prioritizes fund-raising prowess over ability, experience and character. Schneider see this as an
"old boys' club" and women don't stand a chance. Women haven't even had the right to vote for a century, yet while men have been campaigning for more than two centuries. Even though she doesn't feel as if Hillary Clinton should strand as the latest best example of a female candidate pursuing office, but instead mark the beginning of a sea change in American politics.

Literature and I

For many years my relationship with literature has been more on a personal level. There was no known author and never been published but have hopes that one day I could publish it. It's my very own literature. Reading and writing about life and everyday struggles, as I saw it was hobby of mine since I was a young teen. It's been 17 years since high school and to be honest, I really don't remember any assignments that we had to do. Since I've started going back to school, reading different literature is now mostly for my knowledge and entertainment more so than for a job or school assignment.

Even though I've been out of school for a while, high school and college, I've still hand my hand in reading different literature. Edgar Allen Poe was one of the first short stories I read. My son had an assignment in middle school and I had to help him with it. We had to submit a power point on "The Black Cat". I read that story one time and fell in love with his stories. We found a book with all the stories he wrote. Reading Poe for the second time in 5years seem as if I just read the story. Once again, his story had me on the edge of my seat as if I had never read the story.

Reading and writing has been something that I love to do. Prior to school I wasn't doing much of neither for personal reasons. Now that I'm back in school, I'm enjoying again something that I once loved to do. What happens now is, I'm told what to read and how to write and that's not a bad thing. At times it get complicated when you think you understand then realize you don't. No more freestyle for me, well not as much, especially if one day I want others to hear about some of the most interesting times in my life.