The study concerns the image of women in political spheres based on the material published in three opinion-forming Polish weeklies: Politics (Polityka), Straight (Wprost) and Newsweek Poland (Newsweek Polska). the participation of women in politics was analyzed in the weeklies from 2004 and 2014 in the context of the Polish elections to the European Parliament. the references to women involved in politics appeared in 10% of the weekly issues in 2004 and in 35% issues in 2014. the authors of the articles in 2004 concentrated on the presentation of the women’s politicalsocial background and their physical appearance. their competence to fulfill the public functions at that time and in the possible future was only mentioned. However, the weeklies in 2014 exposed the women’s personalities more, emphasized their competence in politics, as well as the course and the development of their political careers. conversely, their appearance was less focused on than 10 years before.