Finding the Invisible Women

Gender Stereotypes versus Student Interest in Foreign Policy and Security Subfields

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12379973
AutoresRenee L Buhr (University of St. Thomas - Minnesota, autor de correspondencia), Nicholas Sideras
Año2015
Volumen48
Número3
Páginas473-477
Fecha de publicación2015-06-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s104909651500027x
OpenAlexW2486196774
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas18

Foreign policy and security studies typically are considered male-dominated domains in the discipline of international relations (IR), yet many women work in these policy domains, particularly in the United States. The “invisible women” working in foreign policy often come from fields such as IR, in which gender stereotypes may influence their understanding of the careers available to them. This research project seeks to understand student assumptions about gender roles in IR and the effects of those assumptions. Survey data collected from students in IR courses in 2011 and 2012 reveal that stereotyping of IR subfields is common but that individual students’ academic and career interests often diverge from those stereotypes. This finding is relevant not simply because it may explain the presence of women in foreign-policy careers but also because it provides useful pedagogical information for instructors in the IR field

Field (mathematics · Foreign policy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society