Below are recent quotes from articles found on popular news websites. Each quote describes women politicians in unnecessary ways. Even when considered "positive," these types of remarks were proven to negatively impact these women during an election.
"Hillary jokes that people regard her hair as totemic, and just so, her new haircut sends a signal of shimmering intention: she has ditched the skinned-back bun that gave her the air of a K.G.B. villainess in a Bond movie and has a sleek new layered cut that looks modern and glamorous."
"In a hot pink jacket and black slacks, she leaned in for a 2016 manifesto, […]"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/opinion/sunday/dowd-can-we-get-hillary-without-the-foolery.html?ref=maureendowd&_r=2&
"Representative Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, said she has upgraded her purse size three times so far, ending up with a green-and-blue checked Franco Sarto, in order to fit all of her Congressional needs into one bag"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/fashion/purse-politics-tote-and-vote.html?pagewanted=all
"Ruemmler first attracted attention for her glam heels as a Justice Department prosecutor trying Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling in 2006, when she sported what The Wall Street Journal described as “stunning 4-inch bright pink stiletto spikes.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/05/27/a-white-house-counsel-and-her-glamorous-shoes/