Hillary Clinton

When the media writes about female politicians ,they have got a tendency of focusing their attention mostly on their appearance and what they are wearing rather looking at what that candidate brings on table that pertains central issues.This shows that the media prefer style rather than substance in women.

Men in politics are seen as people who can balance between taking care of their families at home and at the same time conduct political affairs whilst women are scrutinized and questioned  whether they can conduct public affairs and at the same time be able to do their domestic duties.



There are campaign double standards that are obstacles for women politicians in campaigns.For example ,when we look at how Hillary Clinton has been portrayed in the media. In many political cartoons, Hillary Clinton is a depicted as being too determined, ambitious and mean, which then frames her as being unfeminine..Clinton is almost always presented as hideous, ugly, old and fat with large hips and big thighs. This advert below is meant to denigrate her and make her lose confidence in herself thus showing that the media would do anything to make sure that women in politics are always treated as second class citizens by their male counterparts that are in politics.


Hillary  has also been characterized as “lucky to have been married to a president." This statement gives the implication that she has gotten where she is based upon the success of her husband thus showing that female politicians are depend on men for their success which is not always true.Women that are brave and strong in upholding their principles are seen as threat to the patriachal society and the media would try by all means to suppress them up to a point where they give up .It also shows that the society does not accept or tolerate women who want to oppose the status quo.