Hillary Clinton 2016 speculation

This week my inspiration and ideas connecting with my bachelor’s paper suddenly disappeared, simply put it, I had a writer’s block. But I am determined to come up with some ideas every week, so the topic I came up with for today’s entry was Hillary Clinton and speculations concerning her running for president in 2016.

First thing that always come to my mind when I think about women in the American government is why there is  low number of them and the political career of Hillary Clinton ( I’m contemplating whether to analyse her life as a politician or focus more on prejudice in government – still wandering if maybe I should write about major female politicians or not, or maybe connecting these two ideas, we’ll see- so back to the topic at hand). Hillary Clinton went from being the wife of president Bill Clinton and the First Lady (don’t worry they’re still married), running for president in 2008 , to being the Secretary of State (2^nd woman holding that position in government-after Condoleezza Rice). I consider this journey as a great accomplishment not only for her, but for every woman. She showed that despite the constant prejudice and stereotypes women can hold the position of power and do not disappoint.

But coming back to the mentioned earlier speculations, I decided to do some research on that topic and well… ended up being disappointed. The problem that came up most often, was that she is too old. And surprise, surprise -  men were only too eager to point that out. So I am asking now – is it really that important, does her age is the major factor in potential campaign? No, I don’t think so. What matters is her political experience and qualifications, which she obviously possess if the speculations about the presidency are any indication.

        Well, I guess I got a little carried away by emotions with this topic. But the prejudice concerning women is still very much present, even concerning the major female, political figures, like Hillary Clinton.

I think in my next entry I will focus on Hillary’s Clinton life and journey in politics. I’m still in two minds about which problem I will address in my bachelor’s paper, prejudice and difficulties concerning women or major female figures in politics, or maybe connecting both – which is way, I will be extremely grateful for any comments and suggestions.

K.