Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Women and State

When women are involved in politics today are they, as Pettman states, “under current masculinist arrangements?” Do women, with regards to politics, have to act as a man at times, or on “his” terms to succeed, as Pettman suggests?

Although it seems unfair that a woman should be limited to this “private” space while the man can run freely between the "public and private" world, as Pettman says, would it be possible for a woman to gain political power without ever crossing her “confined” boundaries? How can a woman take political action and be involved with the state if she doesn't leave her home? Is having a political opinion enough?

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