When media outlets treat women politicians as women first, and politicians second, they are feeding into an already sexist culture where many voters believe that men make better politicians than women.
Author: Dustin Harp
Dustin Harp, Ph.D., is the Director of Women’s & Gender Studies and an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is the author of "Gender in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Trump, Clinton and Media Discourse."