Digging Deeper into the Gender Gap
Gender Salience as a Moderating Factor in Political Attitudes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6236850 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Bittner (0000-0001-7147-7963, Memorial University of Newfoundland, corresponding author), Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Elizabeth Goodyear‐grant (0000-0003-0329-8060, Queen's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 559-578 |
| Publication date | 2017-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423917000270 |
| OpenAlex | W2731271809 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 47 |
We know how sex (rather than gender) structures political preferences, but researchers rarely take into account the salience or importance of gender identity at the individual level. The only similar variable for which salience is commonly taken seriously is partisanship, for which direction and importance or strength are both considered imperative for measurement and analysis. While some scholars have begun to look at factors that may influence intragroup differences, such as feminism (Conover, 1988), most existing research implicitly assumes gender salience is homogenous in the population. We argue that both the content of gender identity (that is, what specifically is gender identity, as opposed to sex) as well its salience should be incorporated into analyses of how gender structures political behaviour. For some, gender simply does not motivate behaviour, and the fact that salience moderates the impact of gender on behaviour requires researchers to model accordingly. Using original data from six provincial election studies, we examine a measure of gender identity salience and find that it clarifies our understanding of gender's impact on political attitudes
Cognitive psychology · Feminism · Gender identity · Political science · Politics · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 2,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |