November 17, 2015
What's New

The Barbara Lee Family Foundation will hold a conference call on Wednesday, November 18 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST to discuss the new report, Unlocking the Door to Executive Office: Essential Tips for Women Candidates. Republican pollster Christine Matthews and Democratic strategist Sydney Asbury will provide insight on what it takes to be a successful woman candidate running for executive office, the lessons learned in 2014, and what they mean for women in 2016.

Sign-up for the conference call and f ollow the conversation on Twitter: @BLFF_org #herofficekeys
Expert Analysis

The Glass Podium
Reflecting on Donald Trump's commentary on Carly Fiorina's interruptions at the most recent GOP Debate, PGW Expert Erin Souza-Rezendes reminds us of the double standard women can confront in displaying assertiveness and working to be heard on the debate stage . Read more  here .

Storify: #DemDebate with #GenderWatch2016
Did you miss Presidential Gender Watch's  live-tweet of Saturday's CBS/Des Moines Register Democratic debate with Chris Jahnke? Don't fear - we archived the best of our conversation using Storify. Take a look at the tips, insights, and reactions among our experts and followers. Find and share our Storify  here.

Check out our latest installment of  On the Bias , where we address expectations of being a lady, the double standards that gender and party/ideology pose, and the gender lens by which we view anger and aggressive behavior. 
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Facts & Figures

Don't miss the latest facts and figures at Presidential Gender Watch. Here are some recent highlights:
 
A HuffPost/MAKERS/YouGov poll finds that  56% of people (59% of women and 54% of men) think we'll have a female president in the next decade. See the full results for more data on perceptions of women's political representation.


New research from Dr. Cecilia Hyunjung Mo shows the average person found it easier to pair words like "president" and "executive" with male names and words like 'assistant' and "aide" with female names.


In an unscientific focus group about the potential for a woman president, young boys tell Jimmy Kimmel why they don't think a woman can be president...and then Hillary Clinton shows up to challenge those stereotypes.
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