Last week [in late August], I tweeted about my frustration that so many stories covering Pennsylvania politics contain only the voices of men.
Why does it matter? Well, for one thing, I’m tired of walking into rooms of political organizers, candidates, staffers or whatever, where I’m the only woman. I know it sounds crazy, but that still happens in 2014. But as long as the default message given out is that the only “experts” on politics happen to be men, it makes it harder for the rest of us to become “experts.”
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Steve Odland, President and CEO of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) not only talks the talk, he walks the walk when it comes to including women’s voices. His reason: “If you have a panel of four and they all look alike, all have the same experiences, then you have groupthink. You have to have people with different kinds of experiences, and we think gender is a part of that. It doesn’t mean they don’t have the same opinion, but it is interesting to listen to people who come at things from a different frame of reference, and I think it makes for a more robust and interesting discussion.”
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When we ask “Where are the women?”, how many times have you heard what we are often told: “Don’t worry, this is just our preliminary list. Check back in awhile.” Well, we check back.
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We are so happy to have Matt Stempeck, Nate Matias, and Yonatan Kogan on our team!
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