"Hillary Clinton followed a typical model by following her husband, Bill Clinton. While the United States is "somewhat traditional" in its culture compared to other countries, Paxton said she was surprised that the first female who was a strong contender for president in the United States followed the worldwide model by having a husband who was in politics first. "People have generally accepted these female leaders because it was assumed they had the same views and supported the same policies as their father or husband," Hughes said. Often, women leaders achieve power when their male relative dies, is martyred, or otherwise is forced to leave office. "In many countries with traditional cultures, women are easily seen as 'stand-ins' for their father or husband," said Paxton, who is co-author of the book Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective (Pine Forge Press, 2007) with Melanie Hughes, a former Ohio State doctoral student now at the University of Pittsburgh. Many female leaders around the world had a family connection to a politically powerful male, said Pamela Paxton, associate professor of sociology and political science at Ohio State University. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is different from many female leaders around the world in at least one respect – her political career does not follow that of a male relative, according to an expert on women in global politics.
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