Women in Politics: Tough by Nature or Necessity?

Article by Grace Couch
This brings me to my next question: do you have to be inherently ‘strong’ or ‘tough’ to be a politician due to the nature of the role, or does the system condition women to act this way in order to ‘make it’? I would argue that despite the naturally higher levels of empathy in women, the political climate creates a necessity, or at least paranoia, to overcompensate for these characteristics.