By: Jerrod A Mogan

Jerrod A Mogan
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:16:13 +0000

In reply to Pam.” target=”_blank” title=”/2018/04/an-awakening-for-women-experts-say-why-women-are-breaking-election-records-in-2018/comment-page-1/#comment-105330″>Pam.”>/2018/04/an-awakening-for-women-experts-say-why-women-are-breaking-election-records-in-2018/comment-page-1/#comment-105330″>Pam.

Pam,

With all due respect, that is not a claim that is made in this article. We wanted to find out why women were running for public office in greater numbers this election cycle. We asked that question to experts and a female candidate and reported the answers the provided.

As the rest of the article demonstrates, female under-representation in government is certainly not caused by a lack of qualified female candidates. So, given that evidence, it stands to reason that the answers would speak to motivation rather than qualification.

If in investigating for this article, those with expertise in this field said, “The reason so many additional women are running this year is because suddenly the number of women qualified to hold public office has skyrocketed,” then we would have spent time delving into Vanessa Enoch’s particular qualifications and how she obtained them.

I hope you can see why that wasn’t necessary.

Thank you