Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Analysis

Hillary Clinton Email Scandal
Christen Barney
Period 3 Kuiper

Abstract

Although women have equal rights as men legally, they still struggle to be taken seriously in many careers, politics being the main area of struggle. Looking through a feminist lens, the three articles I examined about the event aimed to shoot down a qualified and exceptional presidential candidate using an email scandal that was blown out of proposition, simply because of her gender. While serving as secretary of state it was assumed that Hillary Clinton has been using a private email account in order to benefit her 2016 presidential election. Once being the first lady, it has been a struggle for Clinton to show herself as a strong political figure,
After sending back a response nearly 2 months after she was out of office, the State Department failed to provide any answers to the questions that were asked. Hillary Clinton finally gave her own response and reasoning about a month ago, revealing that she did, in fact, had been using a personal email on a private server while serving as the Secretary of State. Her explanation was that it was much more convenient only having to carry one electronic device with her. The first major test of her 2016 presidential campaign has begun, as U.S. citizens are concerned with her shielding many emails from inquires by Congress.

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Hillary Clinton Email Scandal
To further continue, starting from being the first lady when husband, Bill Clinton was in office, over time, Hillary has built herself a well-known name from her years of experience and success. Along with this time and experience, Hillary Clinton was hoping to be taken as a serious, and favorable candidate for the 2016 presidential election. But, a few
Serving as Secretary of State and being a political figure for several years, Clinton shows that she reaches the requirements as the President of the United States, but the media will continue to use her gender as a reason for inability. History shows, that men are the ones who are able to handle the job, as there never before has been a female president. Our cultural thinks of women as not emotionally stable for the job, not intelligent enough, and too weak to handle the pressure. But how do we know if this is true, if it has never before been done? Stereotypes and assumptions have built this idea in people’s minds and continue to be the reason why female politicians, including Hillary Clinton, struggle to get their foot into office. During the 1992 election, Hillary was the first lady when husband, Bill Clinton, was put into office, it was said that Hillary would make her way into office simply through her husband being president not by inhabitation the role herself. Over 20 years later, and this is still believed by citizens. The media has continued to forget to mention the success she has had through her own hard work and abilities, they continue to only blow up the scandals that are created in order to make her appear as a weaker candidate. Our cultural doesn’t understand how a woman could possibly be successful with her career in