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Presidential hopeful Park Geun-hye of the Grand National Party (GNP) said that she is prepared to fight the dilemma she faces as a conservative female candidate. In a round-table interview with five professors in Seoul Saturday, Park, 55, a former GNP chairwoman, underlined that women leaders in other countries have brought prosperity to their economies.

Professor Kim Joo-han of Yonsei University said the source of Park’s dilemma is that a majority of Park’s supporters are conservatives, while gender activists who are advocating a female president are liberals. The unique circumstance puts the female contender in a tricky situation under which she is discouraged from highlighting her gender in the campaign, Kim said.

Park replied that the emergence of a woman president will help break women stereotypes. She pointed out that countries having experienced female political leaders saw a sharp growth in gross domestic product after they took power. ``One of the political legacies of women presidents is that they have made the countries more transparent than before they took office,’’ she said.

Citing recent polls, the professor said Park enjoys considerable popularity among women voters. Her unusually high approval rating among women goes against conventional wisdom indicating women voters tend not to cast votes for females running for public office. ``The wisdom turned out not to be true as far as presidential hopeful Park is concerned,’’ said Rep. Yoo Seong-min, a close aide to Park. Polls showed women are one of her stronghold groups, along with conservative voters.

Panel attendees advised Park not to trust polls too much. ``It is true that polls showed Park’s popularity is higher among women voters than other groups. But our one-on-one interviews found women are still unsure if they are prepared to see a female president,’’ Kim said. Another panelist agreed with Kim. Prof. Lee Nae-young of Korea University said Park had low popularity among older women in their 50s in polls. These conservative elderly citizens are still questioning if a woman president can manage the nation as effectively as a man.

Question
1. Have you ever heard about this article? How do you feel about women stereotype?
   And did you feel this at your around?
2. What do you think about woman president?
    Do you think woman will lead well our country as a president?
3. Related to this article, according to SERI(Samsung Economic Research Institute),
    they estimated as following. So, why SERI estimated like this and what is the problem? 
   [women will fill more than 20% of the leadership positions in politics, law, media and academia by 2012.
    However, among large companies (1,000 employees or more),
    they will account for a mere 5% of the top positions (CEOs or directors).]
4. What efforts are needed to encourage women's work and position? 
   (Talk about this in terms of every stand points like individual, governmental)

-♡For your tips♡-
Rep. : representative 대표자, 대변인
stereotype : 고정관념
account for : (자리등을) 차지하다
in terms of : ~의 측면에서

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