Women in Washington - and in positions of power anywhere - should be subjected to the same criticisms and held to the same standards as men. That does not include the assumption that any successful woman has attained her position through flattery, feminine wiles, or her ability to provide maternal comfort to a more powerful man.
Interpretation
Women in power should be evaluated by the same criteria as men, without negative stereotypes.
Donna Brazile emphasizes the importance of equality in standards and criticisms for women in positions of power. She argues against the notion that successful women owe their achievements to superficial traits or their relationships with men, advocating for a fair assessment based solely on their professional merits and capabilities.
In practice
During a panel discussion on gender equality in the workplace.
As a child, I sat in the back of the bus. I was told, time and time again, that God's potential didn't exist in people like me. I've spent my life fighting to change that. And, from the first day when I met Hillary Clinton, I've known that she's someone who cares just as much and fights just as hard.
Hunger has no ideology. It does not respond to party or to rant. Hunger, in short, is not a red state/blue state problem.
Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, it's time for us to take a hard look at the separate and unequal conditions that still exist in our schools and our communities and rededicate ourselves to fulfilling the promise of equal opportunity for all.
As a child, I lived through and survived the segregated South. I sat at the back of the bus at a time when America wasn't yet as great as it could be.
The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure.
[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.
A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
Every company knows what they do _x000D_ Some know how they do it _x000D_ Very few know why
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.
No one intends to make serious mistakes. They come when you compromise your standards to be more accepted by others. You be the strong one. You be the leader. Choose good friends and resist peer pressure together.
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