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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Ind. Gov't. - "Why Do Few Indiana Women Hold High-Profile Political Seats? Politicians, Experts Weigh In On Gender Discrepancy"

The ILB has written frequently about the fact that there are no women on the five-man Indiana Supreme Court, drawing unfavorable comparisons to nearly every other state.

And, as seen in the just-ended legislative session, it seems that it is men, perhaps by the fact that they do "rule the halls of the Indiana Statehouse," who are the policy makers when it comes to "social issues" affecting women.

Yesterday, 6News' Trisha Shepherd has a featured story on the state elected offices that began:

All of Indiana's seats in the U.S. House and Senate are filled by men, and Indiana is one of only 12 states that have never had a female governor or senator.

For most of the last 200 years, men have also ruled the halls of the Indiana Statehouse. Women have made big strides in recent decades, but they're still greatly outnumbered in state politics.

One remarkable "profiling" quote from the story:
"Women have a lower tolerance for the negativity, the partisan attacks that occur in the kind of campaigns that we see nowadays," said Dan Parker, Indiana Democratic Party chairman.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 10, 2011 09:58 AM
Posted to Indiana Government