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The very qualities that make it harder for women to get elected - not being part of the old boy's network - gives them the advantage of having fresh, and yes, clean faces.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

— Maureen Murphy

Looking at female candidates today, other women are the hardest on them, especially older women who were brought up in a different culture.

— Eleanor Clift

Women need to become conscious of the impact that their attitudes and actions can have on future generations of voters and politicians.

— Cheryl Mills

Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger.

— Nancy Friday

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.

— Bette Davis

Women are not only deciding the outcome of elections, they serve as important role models for their daughters and other young women - they hold a key to expanding the way in which women value and experience politics.

— Cheryl Mills

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

— Edna Ferber

I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will try to foist on anybody who looks like a likely candidate.

— Dylan Moran

✗Opposing Perspectives

Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.

— Agnes Macphail

Fighting the ageing process just doesn't work. I think that actresses, ultimately, are responsible for the faces we give to women.

— Juliette Binoche