pc@hplabsb.UUCP (Patricia Collins) (05/02/84)
I caught a headline, suggesting that if a woman were nominated as Vice President, it would cost that party as many male votes as it would gain in female votes. The reference was to the Democrats, who already have a substantially larger fraction of the female votes, so perhaps the implication is NOT that many men won't vote for a woman VP, but rather that there are few Republican women and they are unlikely to switch parties just to vote for a woman. (Therefore, the few Democratic men who would vote Republican just to avoid voting for a woman VP hardly constitute a powerful contingent.) Most papers ignore any substantive analysis, and in particular seem to avoid any treatment of Women's Issues in politics. The spotty treatment of the "Gender Gap" identifies the phenomenon but not the underlying issues. The ERA received little front page coverage in newspapers which otherwise seem quite in tune with the public's interests. Relegating such discussions to the OpEd page or the "features" section (read: "fluff") has a quite different impact than the legitimacy of front page coverage. Patricia Collins hplabs
alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Allen England) (05/03/84)
+ I think it is about time we had a woman run for vice-president. It would set a good precedent. The barrier between women and the Presidency would become smaller. However, I personally think that the *ONLY* reason that the democrats would do this this year is to get elected. No other reason. That is the part that bothers me. --> Allen <-- ihnp4!ihuxb!alle
jad@lanl-a.UUCP (05/04/84)
The Demos might do it just to get elected, but what happens if the Demo president dies/is assassinated... Might be nice/fun/interesting. Zozzles The Freep cmcl2!lanl-a!jad "May you live in interesting times"
smann@ihu1g.UUCP (Sherry Mann) (05/04/84)
I'm more afraid they won't choose a woman for a running mate because they would be afraid they wouldn't get elected. I'd be satisfied if they chose a woman "just to get elected." For one thing, chances would be that she would be very highly qualified to be even considered for the job. Also, many many companies have helped to improve the lot of women by hiring and promoting them just because they had to (because of EEO and Affirmative Action programs). Once people get used to having them around, they more readily accept the idea. Sherry Mann
smann@ihu1g.UUCP (Sherry Mann) (05/08/84)
I received the following by mail but was unable to respond by mail, so am posting my response here. >Subject: Re: woman for VP > For one thing, chances would be that she would be very highly qualified > to be even considered for the job. >Why? Because women are discriminated against in politics no less than they are in business. In order to be in a position to be considered as vp, a woman would have to have proved herself above and beyond a man in a similar position. Sherry Mann ihnp4!ihu1g!smann
tims@mako.UUCP (Tim Stoehr) (05/09/84)
Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site mako.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: mako!orca!tektronix!decvax!mcnc!akgua!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihu1g!smann From: smann@ihu1g.UUCP (Sherry Mann) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Woman for VP Message-ID: <335@ihu1g.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-May-84 06:58:22 PDT Article-I.D.: ihu1g.335 Posted: Tue May 8 06:58:22 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 9-May-84 08:31:28 PDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 19 > In order to be in a position to be considered as vp, > a woman would have to have proved herself above and > beyond a man in a similar position. I find this a hollow claim coming from a person who says something like "Let's have a woman VP" instead of "Let's have the best VP possible, be that man or woman." In any case, the above annotation is undeniably false, since the proof of being a good vp is in doing it, NOT in convincing people that you would be. A number of men have proven that already. This is NOT an argument against a women vp. Let's just not have a woman vp for the sake of having a woman vp.