{"id":15578,"date":"2024-03-26T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/why-women-are-the-superheroes-of-democracy\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:18:03","slug":"why-women-are-the-superheroes-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/why-women-are-the-superheroes-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pourquoi \u00ab les femmes sont les super-h\u00e9ro\u00efnes de la d\u00e9mocratie \u00bb"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15578","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":15579}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":15580}"],"related_issues":[169,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"I believe women are the superheroes of our democracy. Women are able to do so many things in complex ways. <\/span>\r\n\r\nWe\u2019re able to be wives, mothers, friends, daughters, and sisters, we have to be the boss. We have to manage so many things in our lives, whether it is our households or personal finances. We still have to go to work and expect that we\u2019re going to be able to put dinner on the table. The pandemic put even more strain on women, who were homeschooling their kids between meetings, while also caring for their elders. It\u2019s exhausting. <\/span>\r\n\r\nThere\u2019s a reason <\/span>America Ferrera\u2019s Barbie monologue<\/span><\/a> struck a chord with so many people:<\/span>\r\n

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\u201cIt is literally impossible to be a woman\u2026 Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong\u2026. Always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful. You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\nDespite facing impossible expectations, women keep finding ways to show up for one another and stand in our power. Women have propelled this country forward since it was founded, and women are on the frontlines of our most pressing fights today.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe\u2019re standing on the shoulders of so many women who have come before us. And when I think of women who defied expectations, I think of women like:<\/span>\r\n