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But, as it stands, I feel like it's hard to see a time in the near future where it happens. Misogyny has become so normalised and ingrained in political discourse (on all parts of the political spectrum - it's not just a right wing problem), rationalised with euphemisms and always lifting the bar just too high, that not only is it hard to imagine a female POTUS in the near future but I fear other countries who've elected a female leader in the past might become hesitant to do so.

That said, I do worry this kind of thinking is self-fulfilling. That we become so sure that a woman can't get elected that we intentionally exclude women as an option for candidates. I think if you say "We can't run a woman/must run a man", you might be a part of the problem.

Finally, on a more hopeful note, this sort of stuff often changes quickly and can seem impossible one minute and likely the next. I think if we went back to 2005, there would be many out there who would be certain the idea of a black president is a fantasy in the modern political environment and might be possible in the distant future but "not now."