The wild race to lead the Democrats could break the gender mould of US politics | Emma Brockes
Six female candidates have more chance of avoiding sexist stereotyping than poor, isolated Hillary Clinton
by Emma Brockes
Jun 27, 2019
3 minutes
It was a strange experience, watching the US Democratic candidates’ debate this week, and not having one’s eye drawn to the traditional solitary female on stage. For the first time, more than one woman is standing in the race and in there were three in the line-up; in the follow-up debate tonight, a further three – and what’s wild is how wild it was. A broad spectrum of backgrounds and experience! No one woman carrying the symbolic weight of representing all women!
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