I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.
There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.
Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.
Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.
I used to think that the worst form of discrimination for women was being hit on or hearing something disparaging. What's even more challenging for young women is a very senior male who will take an interest in you, who see themselves as father figures or mentors.
The less I talk about being black, the better.
During my lifetime, I realized that discrimination was not accidental, that there were structural roots and causes to it. So if we wanted to change women's lives, we need to deal with those root causes.
I don't feel that I've faced discrimination. I've had every chance to succeed and more, and I think that's what all women should have.
I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege.