A myth this article busts is that family roles and responsibilities curtail potential female candidates’ desire to run for office. According to Lawless, "Family roles and responsibilities exert no impact on potential candidates' decisions to run for office -- and that is the case for both women and men". Nonetheless, female candidates are asked far more family related questions during interviews than their male counterparts. This, however, is not surprising as many people continue to assume that women are primarily responsible for the care of their families. Although I do strongly disagree with this, I do not believe these misconceptions will disappear during this next election. A point taken from Lawless's paper stated, "It's important that we separate out political conditions from the sex of the candidate because otherwise we're just perpetuating this myth that women can't get elected". I very much agree with her statement; we need to stop focusing on the sex of our candidates and more on the candidates’ policies and ideology. We cannot truly democratically elect a political official until American citizens unbiasedly vote for the candidate they personally feel is strongest for our nation regardless of sex.