10/03/2025
Politics has long been a male-dominated field.
According to UN projections, at the current global rate of progression, gender equality in the highest positions of power will not be met for another 130 years. Despite this, there is no shortage of female role models in the media to fill the gaps left by society. Few fictional role models are as capable, formidable, and well-liked as Chrisjen Avasarala from Amazon’s sci-fi series The Expanse (2015-2022) and Elizabeth McCord of CBS’ Madam Secretary (2014-2019). However, the challenges real-world women face in leadership positions are not at all mitigated by few fair representations in the media.
Many countries, even Western democracies, and supposed beacons of liberty, such as the United States, have successively failed to elect a woman to a position of power based on her gender, even if not explicitly stated. The existence of fictional narratives, freed from the constraints of real-world politics, allows showrunners and audiences to see these challenges and explore the dynamics of women in leadership more easily.
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