Column

The VP Candidate Isn’t Being Vetted. She’s Being Scrutinized.

No woman will ever be seen as good enough, not even for the second-most important job

Jessica Valenti
GEN
Published in
3 min readAug 4, 2020

--

Sen. Kamala Harris and former VP Joe Biden during the Democratic presidential debate on July 31, 2019, in Detroit, Michigan. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

As Joe Biden inches closer to announcing his running mate, one thing has become clear: Because the presumptive Democratic nominee has committed to having a woman on the ticket, no…

--

--

Jessica Valenti
GEN
Writer for

Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.