Time for a woman in the White House? America just can't break the glass ceiling

"I believe men and women are equal. Except in one context. When you need to intimidate a foreign leader and project strength, you want a man"

- Prashant Jha

When you need to intimidate a foreign leader and project strength, you want a man," Rebecca, a White woman in her early 30s, said, while chatting with a group of elderly women supporters of Kamala Harris, at a park in Bethlehem in northeastern Pennsylvania at the end of October. "And when you have a third world war approaching, and I believe that we are at a dangerous moment, I would prefer a strong man like Donald Trump to be in charge." The other women clearly disagreed, but kept quiet, probably seeking to avoid an argument.

Hundreds of miles away, in the Deep South, Quinton, a Black man in his early 20s, doubled up as a security guard and parking attendant at a hotel on Beale Street in Tennessee's Memphis. Asked about Harris, he said, "A woman can't lead America. It is a man's job. She will have a nervous breakdown. Women get emotional. How will she decide what to do when we have to fight wars or negotiate with foreign leaders?"