Opportunity for all: Bridging Political Gap and Differences
History has shown us how huge the gap between men and women’s political differences.
Albeit, women have achieved their right to vote, increased participation in governance, and about
to have substantive representation in the congress their still underrepresented and relegated in the
realms of politics.
In the study conducted by Mendelberg (2016) entitled Power and Gender, he attributed
the political differences of men and women to three types. First is the explanation of what men
and women expect from the government. It entails the differences in the substantive issue of
positions and political attitudes of these two genders which results to support different parties,
candidates, and policies.
Moreover, the second type is all about differences in the level of interdependence, and as
a result, women tend to prefer making decisions through consensus and cooperation rather than
conflict and competition. According to Mendelberg, women are socialized to cooperate and sees
consensus while men are socialized to exercise agency and conflict.
