In Colorado, no woman has been elected governor or to the U.S. Senate. Or become the mayor of Denver.
When a woman becomes a candidate for high office, one question inevitably follows: All things being equal, should one vote for a woman simply because she is a woman? There is a problem with that question, however, which leads me to suggest a slightly different question when thinking about the current race for mayor of Denver. What ifLet's take the problem with the original question first: the phrase"all things being equal." All things areequal and have not been for some time.
I understood that baked into our societal and cultural psyche — back then even more than today — was the assumption that a lawyer or businessman in an expensive suit and tie is automatically qualified for any leadership position, while a woman is assumed to be unqualified until she proves otherwise. Every woman who has ever raised her hand just a little too high knows what I am talking about.
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