Analyzing Gender Gap in the us Congress During The Donald Trump Presidency Era (2017-2021)

Abstract

With the lower ranking of Political Participation resulting in a massive Gender Gap compared to other Western developed countries, and even its neighboring countries, the U.S., however, even as a resourceful country, seems to still be on a long slow journey to close the massive gender gap despite having a higher number of women being elected to Congress in 2018. This research analyzes how Social, Legal, and Economic Rights could affect the massive gender gap in the U.S. Congress. This thesis uses Liberal Feminism Theory as the liberation of women,through 3 approaches by Sally J. Scholz, which are Social, Legal, and Economic Rights. The results of this research show that the lack of Social, Legal, and Economic Rights could lead to a gender gap between men and women in the U.S. Congress, and the gender gap will not be closed as long as Social, Legal, and Economic Rights are not being fulfilled.