A progressive Democrat group asked the question twice of New York state Senate candidate Françoise Olivas.
While there have been significant gains for moms seeking public office, the questions Olivas faced on Monday demonstrate that these candidates still face persistent bias, said Kelly Dittmar, an associate professor at the University of Rutgers-Camden and director of research at the Center for American Women and Politics .“This is the type of question that women on the campaign trail and as officeholders have heard throughout history.
The first person to ask Olivas about her ability to balance motherhood and campaigning was a woman member of the volunteer organization.“How do you plan to juggle being a mom and running for a seat when sometimes you have issues coming to some of the meetings and doing Zoom because you have a child, and this is more of a responsibility?” she asked.Olivas said she was taken aback by the question, but instinctively launched into “likable mode” in her response.
Although the question and answer portion was only five minutes long, Olivas was asked another question about parenting, this time by a male member of NBPD.“As a senator, there are certain responsibilities that you have … you have to go to Washington, D.C., I guess, you have to go up to Albany and things of that nature and travel around,” the member said.
Although Sherman said he called the questions “inappropriate” in the group’s chat, he didn’t speak up on the Zoom. He feared that doing so would have led to an argument and taken away from Olivas’s time to speak to the group, he added.
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