Obama Gender Balances First Presidential Press Conference

Obama Gender Balances First Presidential Press Conference

Barrack Obama's first prime-time press conference as President, of the United States, was close to being completely gender balanced. Of the reporters who questioned Obama, six were female and seven were male. The first question and the last question asked of Obama were from women.

This is a big step for women reporters in the U.S. The questions normally asked at press conferences are dominated primarily by male reporters.

One of the six females called upon was, 89 year old, Helen Thomas, born in Winchester, KY. She has been apart of the White House press corps since the Kennedy administration in 1961. She has questioned many presidents; Barrack Obama making the tenth.

This article really interested me. It seems to me that having a black president is already creating equality in all branches of society, blacks and whites, males and females. I think that this is a great change. Everyone wants to be treated equally, and I think we are finally on the right path to achieve this. Men, not being picked over women, is a huge accomplishment. Women have been the underdogs in society for so long, that it is most definitely time for a change.

I also found the information about Helen Thomas very interesting as well. I live in Mt. Sterling which is maybe 15 minutes from Winchester, where she was born. Whenever I hear about someone from around where I am from it gives me hope that people anywhere can achieve good things. I think it is awesome that a woman from right here in Kentucky was there asking the president of the U.S. questions.