Children Refuse To Compromise. Adults Learn How.

What Some Men Don't Understand Is That By Opposing Policies To Reduce Violence, Promote Equal Pay And Universal Healthcare And Voting To Limit Access To Contraception And Legal Abortion, They Are Relegating Women To Another Century, A Time When Men Ruled Exclusively And Women Were Considered Property And Had To Be Guided By A Firm Masculine Hand.

Those Who Speak Up, Those Who Use Their Connections, Are More Likely To Succeed Than Those Who Sit And Wait.

Common Wisdom Dictates That The Vice President Should Provide Balance To The Ticket By Representing A Different Part Of The Country, Another Set Of Experiences, Or A Basketful Of Electoral Votes.

There Are Not Many Female Role Models To Guide Voters, And The Tradition That A Southern Woman's Place Is In The Home Still Lingers In Some Quarters.

A Desire To Succeed In Politics Is Propelled By These Two Seemingly Contradictory Forces, Which Frequently Change Places And Sometimes Coexist: To Save Others And To Save Oneself.