Let’s Talk About Sexism

The Differential Effects of Gender Discrimination on Liberal and Conservative Women’s Political Engagement

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ID6180220
AuthorsAlexa Bankert (0000-0002-3672-8015, University of Georgia, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume48
Issue6
Pages779-791
Publication date2020-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Politics Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-673X • E-ISSN: 1552-3373
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1532673x20939503
OpenAlexW3041531251
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited41

As the 2016 election season and the Me Too movement have powerfully demonstrated, sexism is a pervasive force not just in American politics but also, more generally, in women’s everyday lives. While political scientists have focused on the impact of sexism on voters’ evaluations of female candidates and their electoral chances, we know little about the effect of personally experienced sexism on American women’s political engagement. This manuscript tries to address this gap. Using data from the 2016 ANES Pilot Study as well as a survey experiment, I demonstrate that women who have experienced gender discrimination report higher levels of political participation and a higher chance of voting in the general election. However, among conservative women, personal experience with sexism is not associated with this participatory impetus. These findings have implications for the equal representation of women from both ends of the ideological spectrum

Citizen journalism · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Voting · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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