The MA thesis titled Discursive Analysis of Self-reflective Gendered Political Activity of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Alenka Bratušek is fundamentally an analysis of self-reflective political activity, which are introduced by the American and Slovene politician in their (auto)biographies. The paper is based on the theoretical predispositions and findings of some of the important Slovenian and world-renowned researchers of gender inequality and inferiority in politics. The paper explicitly shows that gender inequality and inferiority of women is still a major problem in politics, together with underrepresentation of women and their subordination to their male colleagues. The aim of the paper is therefore to explore a number of questions related to the issues of politics and gender in the 21st century. The first question is, how it is possible that women are still so massively underrepresented in both American and Slovene politics, and what are the major problems that are causing the underrepresentation of women. The paper clearly suggests that women in politics are nowadays often victims of sexism and even misogyny as well as presented as a political object rather than a political subject. The second question is the issue of male and female (in)equality in politics; namely, how men and women have still not achieved equal status when it comes to their political activity. In my analysis I realise that women in politics are still perceived as inferior and subordinate to men and hence they do not have the possibility of making important political decisions as well as occupying important political positions. The third question the paper tackles is the question of (negative) representation of female politicians in the media. The analyses of both self-reflections clearly showed that media frequently perceive female politicians differently from male politicians and that they usually use negative comments to introduce their political activity. In addition, the media usually focus on the appearance of women and their potentially negative political history, rather than positive their political decisions and actions. In addition to presenting the most common problems which women face in politics, the paper also aims at elicidating the potential solutions that might ensure the equality of men and women in politics. Moreover, the paper presents the problem of political autobiography as an extremely manipulative genre and emphasises the major problems which readers of such autobiographies might face during their reading.
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