During this past election our country overcame history in a lot more ways than one. First off, we had an African American run for president which in the end he ended up winning. However, we also had another large stepping stone as well we had two women involved in the running for some of the highest seats in offices as well. We had Hilary Clinton who was running for the democratic seat in the presidential election, who in turn ended up losing in the primaries to our now current president Barack Obama. As well as we had Sara Palin who ran with Senator John McCain as his vice presidential candidate. These two women have helped to break quite a bit of barriers that have been put in place for a quite a while in the political system. For the longest time to get into politics, the standard was that it was always a male. Now that we are becoming more and more equal between private and elected positions we are starting to see women break into these career fields that have always been so customarily locked by the male population. Now another item that was discussed in the course material was the advancement of women in the justice system. We are seeing more women continue to populate these fields as well. I remember reading an article that was discussing the departure of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. When she was getting ready to leave the bench, the discussion of who was going to take her position started to take place. During that time period a national poll was ran, who intern 80% of them thought another woman should take her place. Well in the mist of the article, people were saying that they felt more women should be on the Supreme Court. I personally believe we should be taking individuals that are most qualified for these positions, and not base them off of their gender.
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