The Electoral Consequences of Marriage and Motherhood

How Gender Traits Influence Voter Evaluations of Female Candidates

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6409263
AutoresMelissa A Bell (Belden (United States)), Karen M Kaufmann (University of California, Los Angeles)
Ano2015
Volume36
Fascículo1
Páginas1-21
Data de publicação2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWomen & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1554477x.2015.985150
OpenAlexW2094816537
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas41

Recent literature largely dismisses the notion that voters engage in direct bias against women based on sex alone. Making a distinction between sex and gender, our theoretical expectations predict that female candidates who violate gender norms for marriage and motherhood will receive lower candidate evaluations, particularly so among voters who hold conservative beliefs about the proper role of women. We use a survey experiment to estimate the direct and conditional effects of gender traits and gender role beliefs on evaluations. Our results support the proposition that candidate traits, such as marital and parental status, can prime gender beliefs in the evaluative process

Gender bias · Proposition · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology