IN THE 15 YEARS SINCE HER STINT
AS FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED
STATES HILLARY CLINTON’S
CARVED A PRETTY SWEET
CAREER FOR HERSELF. NOW
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- PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. BUT YOU KNOW THAT,
OF COURSE. AND YOU KNOW
FULL WELL THAT SHE’S RUNNING
AGAINST, *INSERT FRIGHTENING
SOUNDTRACK HERE*, DONALD
TRUMP. BUT IF THAT FACT IN
ITSELF ISN’T ENOUGH FOR YOU TO
WANT HER TO WIN READ ON.
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ISTOCK; WIREIMAGE
IF HILLARY BECOMES
PRESIDENT, WILL ITREALLY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO
GLOBAL GENDER
IMBALANCES?THE FLOWON
EFFECT
Sure it’s on the other side of the
globe, but the fact is, the world
is watching. And the more high-
powered women in the public
eye, the more role models for
young women the world over,
in every field, and the less of a
novelty it becomes. One of the
benefits of having a woman
president is “for young girls,
to see a woman reach that
milestone, and know that they
could aspire to whatever they
wanted to be, including the
highest office in the land,” says
Marianne Schnall, author of
What Will It Take To Make
a Woman President?
Unfortunately, at the moment
the exposure young women get
to female politicians is negative.
“I often get asked for advice by
bright young women interested
in politics,” says former Prime
Minister Julia Gillard. “They tell
me that, having seen how I was
treated, they have decided
politics is too punishing for
them. I always try to talk them
out of this position.”
Indeed, despite Gillard being
elected as the first female
Prime Minister of Australia in
2010, little has changed in the
political sphere since then, with
only 30 per cent of Australia’s
parliament comprised of women.
So why, then, do we think
that Hillary Clinton’s win
will make a difference?
To put it bluntly, Hillary is just
one woman. But every female
leader on the world stage is
one step closer to a world
where a female president is so
common as to be unremarkable.
As Gillard says, “The next
generation of potential female
leaders is watching.” #COSMOPOLITAN November 2016 95