| 1 |
BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE THINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND |
2 |
| 2 |
WOMEN HAVE GOT THE BRUNT OF THINGS/NOT ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMS |
1 |
| 3 |
BECAUSE IT IS A MANS WORLD |
323 |
| 4 |
DONT GO IN FOR IT |
106 |
| 5 |
DONT GET A LOOK IN/NOT GIVEN CHANCE |
42 |
| 6 |
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY ARE TREATED |
1 |
| 7 |
THEIR OWN CHOICE |
25 |
| 10 |
FAMILY COMMITMENTS |
323 |
| 11 |
MORE INVOLVED IN BUSINESS/ DONT WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN POLI |
1 |
| 12 |
NI. IS 20YRS BEHIND - OLD FASHIONED VIEWS ON WOMENS PLACE |
43 |
| 13 |
LACK CONFIDENCE |
37 |
| 14 |
THERES A LOT OF WOMEN INVOLVED ALREADY |
1 |
| 15 |
NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITIES/NOT ENCOURAGED |
65 |
| 16 |
LACK OF INTEREST |
119 |
| 17 |
ITS A HARD JOB |
7 |
| 18 |
MANS WORLD AND FAMILY COMMITMENTS |
1 |
| 19 |
WOMEN HAVE MORE SENSE |
7 |
| 20 |
NOT SURE - NOT INTO POLITICS |
8 |
| 21 |
CANT AGREE ON ANYTHING - MEN HAVE TO DO THE THINKING |
2 |
| 22 |
THEY DONT GET ELECTED |
2 |
| 23 |
CANT NEGOTIATE LIKE A MAN |
3 |
| 24 |
DONT GET ENOUGH VOTES - MEN GET MORE |
22 |
| 25 |
POLITICAL UNREST |
1 |
| 26 |
TOO POLARISED FOR WOMEN |
1 |
| 27 |
WOMEN ARE ONLY NOW BECOMING INVOLVED |
41 |
| 28 |
NOT WELL LIKED |
5 |
| 29 |
IMAGE OF POLITICIANS HERE PUTS THEM OFF |
1 |
| 30 |
NOT NEEDED AS MUCH AS MEN |
3 |
| 31 |
NOT PROPER EQUALITY |
8 |
| 32 |
NOT SUITED FOR POLITICS |
2 |
| 33 |
CONFRONTATIONAL WITH BICKERING ALL THE TIME |
1 |
| 34 |
MAYBE THEY THINK THEY ARE NOT CLEVER ENOUGH |
1 |
| 35 |
DISCRIMINATION - HARDER FOR WOMEN TO GET INTO POLITICS- CHAN |
10 |
| 36 |
WOMEN ARE MORE AMBITIOUS |
2 |
| 37 |
PUBLIC THINK WOMEN ARE NOT CAPABLE |
8 |
| 38 |
SPIN OFF FROM THE TROUBLES - DURING TROUBLES VERY FEW WOMEN |
18 |
| 39 |
UP HILL STRUGGLE - WOMEN ARE PUT UPON |
1 |
| 40 |
TAKES MONEY |
3 |
| 41 |
NOT PART OF CULTURE |
5 |
| 42 |
HOURS DONT SUIT |
2 |
| 43 |
IT WOULD BE BETTER |
1 |
| 44 |
AGAINST |
1 |
| 45 |
BACKWARD |
1 |
| 46 |
THEIR VOICE WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH |
2 |
| 47 |
NOT THE OPENINGS FOR THEM |
1 |
| 48 |
I SUPPOSE THEY DONT THINK ABOUT GETTING ELECTED |
1 |
| 49 |
THEY ARE WORKING IN OTHER JOBS |
2 |
| 50 |
THEY ARE FED UP WITH THE FAÇADE |
1 |
| 51 |
MIGHT NOT BE TOUGH ENOUGH |
1 |
| 52 |
SCHOOLS AND THE WAY THEY ARE CONDITIONED |
1 |
| 53 |
I THINK WOMEN ARE TOO CATTY |
2 |
| 54 |
THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE MORE FREEDOM AND ITS TO DO WITH EDUCAT |
2 |
| 55 |
NO DECENT PERSON WOULD BE A POLITICIAN/TEND TO STEM FROM PAR |
1 |
| 56 |
WOMEN IN GENERAL NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS - SO MUCH POLARI |
1 |
| 57 |
MAYBE THEY SEE HOW USELESS THE SITUATION IS |
1 |
| 58 |
THERE SHOULD BE MORE |
1 |
| 59 |
WOMEN PREVENTED FROM GOING INTO POLITICS/FIGHT FOR VOTE IN T |
1 |
| 60 |
I DONT THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING TO STOP THEM BEFORE |
1 |
| 61 |
POLITICS TOO NASTY FOR WOMEN TO GET INVOLVED |
1 |
| 62 |
HELD BACK FOR A LONG TIME |
3 |
| 63 |
LIFE IS BIASED |
1 |
| 64 |
THEY DO NOT GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE |
1 |
| 65 |
NOT CAPABLE |
10 |
| 66 |
WE NEED A STRONG FEMALE LEADER TO ENCOURAGE FEMALE CANDIDATE |
1 |
| 67 |
THEY ARE NOT AMBITIOUS ENOUGH |
4 |
| 68 |
TRADITION AND CULTURE |
2 |
| 69 |
TRADITION |
36 |
| 70 |
HAVE TO BE TOTALLY COMMITTED |
1 |
| 71 |
FED UP WITH THE CARRY ON |
1 |
| 72 |
NOT AS OUTGOING AS MEN |
1 |
| 73 |
NOT ALWAYS PRACTICAL |
1 |
| 74 |
WOMEN NOT AS ACCEPTABLE |
2 |
| 75 |
THEY ARE BLOCKED IN MANY WAYS |
1 |
| 76 |
THEY ARE ANNOYED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH |
1 |
| 77 |
NOT EDUCATED ENOUGH |
3 |
| 78 |
THEY ARE NO GOOD |
1 |
| 79 |
THEY ARE NOT LISTENED TO |
3 |
| 80 |
ITS NOT A WELCOMING WORLD |
2 |
| 81 |
MICHELLE GILDERNUE |
1 |
| 82 |
IT JUST HASNT HAPPENED |
1 |
| 83 |
GENERALLY APATHY HAS SET FOR WOMEN IN POLITICAL GAME |
1 |
| 84 |
THEY ARE SEEN AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS |
1 |
| 85 |
THEY WOULD BE VERY EASY SWAYED AND TALKED DOWN |
1 |
| 86 |
I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH AT THE MOMENT |
1 |
| 87 |
FEAR OF COMPETING WITH MEN |
1 |
| 88 |
TOO MUCH IN THE BACKGROUND |
1 |
| 89 |
NOT REACHED THAT STAGE |
1 |
| 90 |
NOT FRIENDLY ENOUGH ATMOSPHERE |
11 |
| 91 |
TOO HIGH POWERED |
1 |
| 92 |
NEEDS TO START WITH THE PARTIES |
1 |
| 93 |
I DONT THINK IT IS THE PLACE FOR WOMEN |
6 |
| 94 |
NO FACILITIES |
1 |
| 95 |
NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT |
3 |
| 96 |
NEVER BEEN A WOMANS CAREER |
8 |
| 97 |
WOMENS COALITION GAVE THEM A BAD NAME |
1 |
| 98 |
DONT FIT IN |
1 |
| 99 |
PARTY SELECTION PROCESS |
1 |
| 100 |
FAMILY/HISTORY OF INEQUALITY/LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES |
1 |
| 101 |
NOT JUST MEN AND WOMEN IN POLITICS/ABOUT PERSONALITIES |
1 |
| 102 |
THEY WOULD WANT TO SAY TOO MUCH |
1 |
| 103 |
THERE IS NO CAREER TO FOLLOW FOR THE TIME BEING |
1 |
| 104 |
NOT BEEN GROOMED TO TAKE PART |
1 |
| 105 |
WOMEN HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE MEN FOR FAR TOO LONG |
1 |
| 106 |
THE POSITIONS HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN FOR WOMEN |
1 |
| 107 |
I SUPPOSE IT IS THE DOG EAT DOG THING,THEY DONT WANT THE HAS |
1 |
| 108 |
THEY WERENT THERE OVER THE YEARS |
1 |
| 109 |
THEY CANT MAKE THE COMMITMENT |
1 |
| 110 |
ITS AN OUTDATED GOVERNMENT |
1 |
| 111 |
MOST MEN WOULDNT VOTE FOR A WOMAN |
1 |
| 112 |
THE PARTIES WERE SEXIST |
2 |
| 113 |
TOO MUCH ARGUMENT/POLITICS CAN BE AGGRESSIVE |
1 |
| 114 |
PROBABLY TOO BIGOTED |
1 |
| 115 |
WOMEN FED UP WITH POLITICS - COME AGAINST A BRICK WALL IF T |
1 |
| 116 |
TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON RELIGION THAN SOCIAL ISSUES |
1 |
| 117 |
BECAUSE OF THE RUTHLESSNESS OF POLITICS |
1 |
| 118 |
NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE |
1 |
| 119 |
UNWELCOME IN THE PARTIES |
1 |
| 120 |
NOT AS PUSHY AS MEN |
1 |
| 121 |
NOT BEEN A DONE THING |
1 |
| 122 |
PARTIES BEHIND TIMES |
1 |
| 123 |
DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT |
1 |
| 124 |
IT IS ONLY NOW THAT THEY HAVE CAUGHT ON THAT THEY CAN DO IT |
1 |
| 125 |
NO EXAMPLE OF WOMEN WHO ARE ALREADY THERE TO USE AS A ROLE M |
1 |
| 126 |
NOT ENOUGH EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO INTO POLITICS |
1 |
| 127 |
RECENT PAST HAS MADE POLITICS ABOUT THE BIG QUESTION NOT DAY |
1 |
| 128 |
POLITICS IS A DIRTY GAME |
1 |
| 129 |
RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT DOMINATE THE POLITICAL SITUATION |
1 |
| 130 |
NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO BECOME POLITICIANS |
1 |
| 131 |
THEY ARE TOO HAD STRONG |
1 |
| 132 |
WOMEN ARE INFERIOR TO MEN |
1 |
| 133 |
TOO MUCH CORRUPTION |
1 |
| 134 |
NOT SELECTED BY THE PARTIES |
1 |
| 8 |
N/A |
0 |
| 9 |
MISSING |
369 |