My blog’s theme is how women in politics are treated differently by the media than men, and I choose this topic because while watching and reading the news I have often noticed that womens’ appearances are analyzed more closely than mens’ when running for public office. Political candidates are already under a microscope when running for office but then the focus is even more increased on women as their fashion and physical appearance becomes a hyper focus for the media. For example I will specifically analyze previous articles written about Stacey Abrams and Amy Coney Barrett when they were in the public eye. This topic is relevant because during each election season news articles and journalists discuss female candidates appearances and rarely ever focus on this topic for the male candidates. As you follow my blog post I encourage you to pay close attention to how news articles and journalists discuss womens’ appearances more than men during election season.
Did you know first ladies aren’t supposed to wear gowns off the rack to formal events? Laura Bush learned this lesson the hard way after showing up at a 2006 White House reception in the same gown as four other guests. CBS News correspondent Thalia Assura described the red dress as “... $8,500 Oscar de la Renta dress…”. After Bush’s staff realized several other women were wearing the dress she was escorted upstairs to change. Several articles were written about the mistake but reportedly everyone involved including the First Lady found it amusing. Anita McBride, Laura Bush’s chief of staff, clarified that normally first ladies would only wear custom dresses to avoid this embarrassing fashion faux pas. She went on to explain “... you can understand why they have to have things done just for them, particularly for state dinners or Kennedy Center Honors or things overseas. You can understand the need for the outfit to be unique.”. Luckily all parties were able to laugh about the situation...
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