How Hillary Clinton was portrayed on television during her 2016 presidential campaign
Women can often get a bad reputation for being "too emotional" on television in comparison to men. We frequently see men being praised for being "strong" and "opinionated," yet women are criticized for being "emotional" or "weak."
Hillary Clinton told Vox News that she "had to learn as a young woman to control [her] emotions." Clinton has a huge presence in news media, and she gets criticism for her emotions constantly.
"I’ll go to these events and there will be men speaking before me, and they’ll be pounding the message, and screaming about how we need to win the election. And people will love it. And I want to do the same thing. Because I care about this stuff. But I’ve learned that I can’t be quite so passionate in my presentation. I love to wave my arms, but apparently that’s a little bit scary to people. And I can’t yell too much. It comes across as ‘too loud’ or ‘too shrill’ or ‘too this’ or ‘too that.’"
Hillary shared an example in her book, "What Happened," that shows how her and her opponent, Donald Trump, were treated differently during the 2016 presidential election.
“If Trump ripped the shirt off someone at a rally and a button fell off my jacket on the same day,” she wrote, the headlines would report: “Trump and Clinton Experience Wardrobe Malfunctions, Campaigns in Turmoil.”
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