Volunteering my time for woman and politics, I didn't know what to really expect. I thought I would be dealing with very strong opinionated woman who act like their the Queen of England. That for someone like me, who doesn't have a lot of exposure or time in this kind of field, would struggle to maintain a good working relationship with. Instead I meet very respectful, very knowledgeable woman who would like to just have an equal say at the table and show the public why they should be given the job for what there running for. The other side of it too is the woman who are just trying to learn about how to get into politics or be more of an active member are very low key people who aren't trying to push their views onto you, but learn how to support them in the political world.
I think a lot of these assumptions I was making were from the media and I hate to say it, but just being a guy. Being from the opposite sex I never looked at it from a woman's point of view. If a woman was strong willed or opinionated then often it was code for uppity, and unladylike, and most of all, threatening because you don’t seem to be agreeing with men like you’re supposed too. That shouldn't be the case, but a lot of times it is. Doing this service learning has really helped me look at it from the other side and become more aware of what I wasn't noticing.
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