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In celebration of All College Day 2009, the Strong House leadership team would like to Hear All Voices about women and leadership at Vassar.
Old School VSA Meeting in Rocky
Welcome!
Welcome to the Women & Leadership at Vassar blog. This blog is a project started by Strong House in attempt to create dialogue about the ways in which women engage in leadership roles on campus.
In the last three years...
- 0 of 3 VSA Presidents have been women.
- 8 of 14 VSA Exec members have been women.
- 6 of 26 House Presidents have been women (and 3 of them had to be women from Strong)!
- 2 of 12 Class Presidents have been women.
Did you know?
- Since 2002-03, only 21 of 62 house presidents have been women
- Of the last 10 VSA Presidents, 4 were women, 6 were men. Most recently, there are have been five consecutive male VSA presidents.
- Of 53 VSA Exec Board members, 25 were women, 28 were men.
3 comments:
I feel like it is more acceptable/expected for a man to bring humor and a sort of easygoing attitude into a position they run for than a woman. A woman running is expected to be more serious. And people would rather elect someone with a good sense of humor than someone seen as humorless.
That's only because women in power have typically been demonized in the media as tight-ass, power-hungry witches. It's no surprise that these sentiments--that a woman in power would be less "easygoing" than a man--would exist at Vassar, regardless of how liberal we might be.
Depends on the position. I think it might be hard for a female house president just because when I think "president" I think of some guy in war paint yelling war cries during Serenading. Like national elections I think that HPs have become a male centered role making it more likely that they in over a woman.
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