A report by JenBerryHawes reveals that in the Southeast, female representation in state legislatures is as low as 1 in 5, with legislatures being more than 80% male. This disparity has led to laws impacting women, such as strict abortion bans, being predominantly made by men. The lack of female representation is also linked to the underrepresentation of Black women in these states' legislatures. Despite a record number of women being elected to statehouses last year, the Southeast lags behind in representation. The story highlights the personal impact of the dearth of women in state legislatures and the relationship between the overrepresentation of white men and the underrepresentation of Black women in these states' legislatures.
How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5. @JenBerryHawes: https://t.co/U2YIkbow6U https://t.co/XAszlEmwuY
Tennessee has fewer female legislators than it had 20 years ago. Mississippi improved less than 3 percentage points since then; South Carolina fared only slightly better. Louisiana gained 6 percentage points, and Alabama gained 7. https://t.co/FRsRLt0c4S @JenBerryHawes
More than a century after the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, women constitute fewer than 1 in 5 state legislators across much of the Southeast. Smart story by @JenBerryHawes https://t.co/DDkcztZisv
Across most Southeast states, the more white men are overrepresented in the legislature, the more Black women are underrepresented. This relationship doesn’t exist in other states that also have at least an average-size population of Black women. https://t.co/e9SiNqNisu
Across much of the Southeast, state legislatures are more than 80% male. This leaves mostly men controlling policy, including laws that most impact women, at a time when the Supreme Court is sending more power to statehouses. https://t.co/y6rVzfPmtQ
The lede of this @JenBerryHawes story is so gripping, and it's such an important outpoint: In the Southeast, where some legislatures are >80% male, female representation lags as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans https://t.co/EKbrT4B684
More than a century after the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote, women constitute fewer than 1 in 5 state legislators in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina & Tennessee. “It’s not the year of the woman here,” said one Mississippi advocate. https://t.co/pzs96vMMqz
This is an excellent piece by @JenBerryHawes that reveals what the dearth of women in state legislatures looks like on a deeply personal level for the women who do serve. https://t.co/N1Xmwp7nFC
When TN state @SenatorLamar pitched an abortion-ban exception to her colleagues, she was in a minority: Three-quarters of senators were men. Men also made up 86% of the general assembly despite constituting only half of the state’s population. https://t.co/u8IKPxHRGD
New chart 📈: States with the Lowest Representation of Black Women in Their Legislatures Also Had the Highest Representation of White Men. A collab w/ @irenatfh for @JenBerryHawes's story on the glaring lack of women in state legislatures in the south. https://t.co/eYAm7o4C8g https://t.co/XdwNGOPTB4
Read this 🧵 about states where women only make up as little as 20% of the legislature 👇 https://t.co/TcQIJeMmmN
🧵: How many of your state’s lawmakers do you think are women? If you live in the Southeast, it might not be even 1:5. Policy about issues like abortion, maternal health & pay equity is controlled by vastly male legislatures across the region. https://t.co/Ya9whUnvja
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans. https://t.co/RFATfTsXVi
NEW: If you live in one of the Southeast states, you're mostly governed by men, and they make the laws on abortion and other matters of concern to women. Fascinating story from @JenBerryHawes of @propublica. https://t.co/E7qpEPrDGZ
The states with legislatures most dominated by men have adopted some of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. Of the 10 states where men made up the biggest share of the legislatures: • 8 have strict abortion bans • 5 don’t allow exceptions for rape https://t.co/JYUkYwWxzf
Charts and maps are crucial to telling and understanding the story of female underrepresentation in state legislatures, particularly in the southeast. @lhwaldron @irenatfh @JenBerryHawes https://t.co/FRsRLt0c4S https://t.co/pjKxuD2o1q
A 🔥🔥🔥 story by @JenBerryHawes: How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5 https://t.co/FRsRLt0c4S
New: How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5 https://t.co/cWfHqMxV3x