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*Shows ignorance of American political history* I have never heard of either of those people...
I do think the media treats female politicians differently to the way hey treat male politicians...and I think the electorate have different expectations of female politicians than those they have of male politicians...
Well, duh. *Chuckles* The media expresses and distills (potentially distorts) current cultural preoccupations. It reflects back our cultural expectations and that includes how we view men and women. On the public stage, men must prove themselves to the electorate by showing their strengths and talents and so it is with women; but there had better be 'good wife and mother' on her list of strengths if she wants to be within a mile of high office.
It's expected that a man on the public stage will have a wife in his private world; but how good a father and husband he is only really becomes an issue if he's a cheating bastard. Domestic affairs have the potential to weaken him in public opinion, but they're unlikely to be a strengthening asset.
*shrugs* It's not a conspiracy. It's just the way it is.
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