Female Domination and Feminism: Questions about Politics

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A. I agree with your assessment about how our system of checks and balances will offset an occasional radical female candidate for congress. However, that is not the case when it comes to voting for executive office such as President or the Governor of a state. The power that comes with these offices need to be viewed differently. I still maintain that women and men need to vote for these offices based on their ideology and beliefs, thus if there is a big difference between the two candidates, the one who best reflects your values and beliefs should be voted for, regardless of the candidate's gender. The President of the US is also the Commander and Chief of the Military and you would not want the congresswoman from Berkley who was the lone negative vote on taking military action after 9/11 to be sitting in that chair. If she ran against our current President, I would not hesitate to vote for our current President over her and I would imagine a majority of women would feel the same way.