As an avid tennis player and lover of the game, I try and watch the four Majors throughout the year. Ever since Serena Williams had her daughter Olympia, I have noticed that the commentators spend a lot more time focusing on the moms in the sport at these events. A main theme that has been pretty consistent throughout their conversations talking about the moms on tour, is that behind every professional tennis playing mom, is a great husband. As someone that wants to see young women and girls succeed when they get older, I am shocked at how often this is talked about during the Majors. Are we trying to tell every girl aspiring to be a tennis professional that she has to have a husband if she wants to be successful? I hope that this is not the case, and with the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, I think we may start to see women in a new light. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will be an excellent role model for young girls not just in the United States, but across the world. All of the "firsts" that Harris has accomplished throughout her career are amazing. In my opinion, a big reason why she has risen so quickly in the past decade is because of her family. A daughter of immigrants, that divorced when she was seven years old, raised the next Vice President of the United States. All of the traits and attributes that Harris possesses just add on to her list of intersecting identities in regards to intersectionality. We do not choose what intersecting identities we are born with, society puts them on us. Over the next four years, Kamala Harris will be a reminder that no matter where you come from, you can do anything.
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AuthorAndrew Painter — Western Washington University Honors student Categories |