It has been clear over the last half of the century that women have made great strides and effort to achieve equality in all areas of society. Organizations such as The National Organization for Women and others have done an outstanding job of accomplishing their goals. In this research report, we will examine if in fact women are receiving the fair amount of representation in elected office. What makes this investigation important is that we will be able to see if our society, although agreeing with the belief of equality for women, are in fact voting for a women to represent them. First I will discuss the distribution of gender in Kings County, NY. We will see the amount of women who are able to be a part of the labor force and give an estimate as to how many women one should expect to find in congress. Secondly, I will discuss the amount of women who have been in congress over the last century, and compare that amount to the total of women in congress today. This might be able to shed some light as to where our society is going in regard to women in elected office. In the last part of the investigation, I will report the trends in attitude about gender and politics over three

After performing a number of crosstabulations, I will now discuss the trends in attitude regarding if one would vote for a women president, and the belief that women are not suited for politics. In addition we will see how religion plays a role as well. Overall we see a positive attitude about women in politics as he years go by. The interesting thing is the difference between men and women. One would surely think that men would be the ones to be against women in politics, but in fact from the beginning men seen to be the ones who would vote for a women president before women would. The same holds true for the amount of people who believe that women are not suited for politics. Next we will examine if religion plays any type of role in our investigation. Both the religious and none religious are experiencing more liberal views toward women in politics as time passes. Although the more religious, at first were against it by over 50% in the 1970`s, the gap is closing in rapidly to a point where there is no real difference between the religious and none religious. Both have the belief right now that women have the right to be representatives in politics. The trends that we see bring up a problem in our society. Yes it is true that men and women, the religious and none religious all feel that women have a place in politics, but still there is a lack of equality in the number of offices that women hold. In order for a change to be made, women have to have the courage and belief that they are just as qualified to be in politics, and must be extremely aggressive in there actions. In addition, men, although agreeing that women due have a right in politics, must act

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