Worlding Women: A Feminist International Politics

--“Gendered and feminist analyses reveal that the state is in almost all cases male dominated, and is in different ways a masculinist construct. It is simply not possible to explain power without explaining women’s systematic exclusion from it” (5). Why do women account for such a small percentage of politicians? Is it a choice? Do American women refrain from running for office (at all levels) because the state is a “masculinist construct”? Or is it the opposite: does the “masculinist construct” limit their role?
--“Because public space is male, and women are seen as belonging in the private, women appearing in public are seen as belonging in private, women appearing in public space appear ‘out of place’” (7). Could this explain some of the obstacles and dislike that Hilary Clinton faced during the 2008 election? When will the United States be ready to elect a woman president? Why is the United States behind other countries…for example Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Finland, Argentina, and Israel have elected female heads of state (just to name a few)?