Women are indeed held to different standard than men in the pursuit of elected office and other political positions. Not just their clothes (as the Vox article linked suggests), but also by their own abilities in congressional debate, ability to keep their emotions in check or even their ability to fall in line with what their populist nation has to say. Elections have always been touted as the way for a government to produce fair results, so that the people can be lead by a government that was nominated for their own benefit. Now however, with the inclusion of more groups into society, the political sphere is still resisting the assimilation of more groups (minorities, genders, races and even ages). Elections for now will have to do, but candidates with prejudices against them will likely find their journey to the ruling party laden with more obstacles.