POWER IN BRITAIN

Power in Britain - Men has more power than women

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Power in Britain - Men has more power than women

Introduction

The initiative on the odds is very important because it gives the opportunity to reflect on the current situation of women in politics, the different mechanisms for women and men in the elections of the people in the executive and parliament, resulting in the underrepresentation of women in institutions and finally, the significance of their political participation (Acker 1990, pp. 139-158). It also gives the opportunity to discuss the best way to remedy this situation is highly unsatisfactory situation. The question arises that do we want more women in politics? What we must do to achieve this goal?

In many Western countries, where women were first granted the right to vote, the number of women voters was much less than men. At the first national elections in the UK in 1929, when women were first allowed to vote, only about one-third of them took advantage of this opportunity, while the proportion of men voted for almost two thirds. Approximately the same ratio observed in the U.S., as well as in several other countries after the introduction of universal suffrage prava22). And now in many countries participate in the election of fewer women than men, although in some places, these differences almost disappeared. The total number of women who participated in the last three U.S. presidential election, it was only 3-6% less than men. In the UK, since 1970 the difference in the ratio between men and women who participated in the parliamentary elections, did not exceed 4%. Gender differences in voting is completely eliminated in Sweden, West Germany, Canada, Italy, Finland and Japan, the number of women participating in the vote, even slightly higher than that of men.

Discussion

These data show that the real obstacle to equality between the sexes is not entitled to vote, and more profound social differences between men and women of restricting women's activities only to the home and household chores. Reducing social disparities between the sexes is much stronger impact on the political activity of women than anything else. With the elimination of differences between men and women in social status and the ability to hold positions in the government the number of women participating in the vote, began to grow (Kenny 2005, pp. 91-100).

Women were never completely removed from political power. In the past, some women, from Cleopatra, became the head of State, and concentrated in their hands a great power. But even if they are not considered legitimate ruler, women often had enormous power as informal wives or mistresses of monarchs, presidents and prime ministers. As one of the most famous examples include Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XIV, who often took the important state decisions. Throughout the twentieth century, women often became the head of governments, such as Golda Meir in Israel, Indira Gandhi in India, Margaret Thatcher in Britain.

However, in general, women, as in many other areas of ...