women in politics and chapter 24

The section from chapter 24 in the book was about the religion and modernity around the world. We had to go and find information about the women in politics because we were talking abou feminism. Women in politics is a huge step right now because there is chance that there could be a women for president in the near future. Two articles i found were:

http://cawomenlead.org/you-have-what-it-takes-to-run/#top

http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/elections/candidates_2012.php

The first one is about why women should run for political office for the 2012 election. It gave stats such as education, the workforce, etc all favoring women. This explained the opportunities for women in the future. The second one was straight facts. It listed all the women and the position of office they are running for in this upcoming election. I had no idea so many women were already in office regardless of their position in office. There were a lot of running for representatives for their state. I noticed that majority of them were democrat. I dont really now what that has to do with anything for the blog but it was just an observation. These were two articles about the election which got me thinking that i should probably register myself so i can vote this year. And i should probably start looking up information so I know what exactly im voting on lol.