Having seen female candidates attacked on the right and the left, why would any woman my age ever feel inspired to run for office? What kind of example has the media set for my generation of women?
So yes, Sarah Palin is a woman with five children and her physical appearance is deemed "too beautiful for politics." And on the other end, Hillary Clinton is criticized for not being beautiful enough, for being "too tough" in the man's world that she resides.
This one is too hard. This one is too soft. Who will ever be just right?
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