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...Harvard, I tell them this story. Women don’t lack leadership positions because Harvard is sexist and students won’t vote for women. If a woman runs in an election, she is just as likely to win that race as her male counterparts. The problem is not that women are less likely to win elections, but rather that women are less likely to enter those races in the first place...
...than men and therefore dislike campaigning. I was the campaigns director of the Harvard Democrats last year, and over half of my committee was made up of women. We like to get our hands dirty just as much as the guys do. So if women have no problem campaigning and are just as likely to win elections as men, why do so few of them run? It’s simple: because no one thinks of them as candidates. If people don’t view women as leaders, they are less likely to think of themselves in that light...
...asking them to run for stuff?’ Give me a break.” Those people have a point—telling men to support women candidates is not the best way to go about business. If anyone is going to be able to fix the problem of women leadership in Harvard’s political groups, it is the women themselves...
...First, women need to admit there is an actual problem. I can’t speak for all student groups on campus, but just look at Harvard’s political groups. During this year’s UC elections, the fact that out of seven executive tickets, only one woman candidate ran (and in the VP spot, no less) is a wake-up call to all those who are in denial. If people still have doubts, just look at the Harvard Republican Club (HRC)—their board is entirely male. That an all-male board goes relatively...
...Once women get over their apprehensions and start talking about the problem, they must then start fixing it. And believe it or not, it’s not that hard. All it takes is a group of girls getting together and saying, “Hey, our organization could use a little estrogen in its leadership. Have you all thought about running for something?” Minus the estrogen bit, men have the exact same conversations all the time. Women simply need to get together and support and encourage one another. The rest will fall into place...