Toughness Continued to be a Major Issue for Women Candidates. One woman staffer interviewed spoke about her candidate with frustration, saying, “Oh she’s tough, but not the right kind of tough.” This issue continues to confound. What are the elements of “the right kind of tough” for women candidates? For [...]
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While voters are coming to see women candidates as the norm in Governors races, they continue to judge women candidates differently; sometimes according them advantage and sometimes penalizing them. For example, voters believe women are not as well prepared as men to manage a financial crisis, but they also view [...]