A Fall from Grace
Women, Scandals, and Perceptions of Politicians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6409635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Courtemanche (Thiel College, corresponding author), Joanne Connor Green (Texas Christian University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-240 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1554477x.2020.1723055 |
| OpenAlex | W3015619400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 74 |
While political scientists have researched explanations for the dearth of women in elected office for decades, no consistent account has emerged. We enter the discussion using an original experimental survey on an adult sample at the national level to examine whether gender stereotypes affect the evaluation of candidates running for office. We specifically look at situations where there is alleged wrongdoing to explore whether evaluations are asymmetrically applied to men and women. We find that voters treat candidates differently, exhibiting a general preference for women. When malfeasance is alleged, however, women suffer greater consequences for wrongdoing under certain conditions, potentially as a result of a "backlash" effect for violating gender norms
Affect (linguistics · Backlash · Economics · Perception · Political science · Politics · Preference · Sample (material · Wrongdoing · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Engineering · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
Gender differences and similarities in news media effects on political candidate evaluations
Political parenthood
Strategies of Blaming on Social Media
Gender, Political Orientation, and Public Reactions to Ministerial Comebacks after Scandals
Perceived Corruption and Women’s Representation in the Executive Branch
Caught Up in the Storm
When a woman asks to be voted to a sexist constituency
Stereotypes and scandals
When a Politician Disappoints
Two Sides of the Coin
Agents of Change? Women Candidates and Support for Campaign Finance Reform
Gender and Emotional Reactions to Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Councillors
The Gendered Risks of Violating Expectations and the Importance of Information for Women Candidates
Do Scandals Matter
Myths About Women in the Political Executive—How Gender Stereotypes Shape the Way MPs Assess the Competences of Ministers
Eye of the Beholder
Back to the Kitchen
Ignoring Women’s Performance
Gender and Justification in Political Scandal
Non-compliant Managers, Judging Citizens
When Does Gender Matter?
The Party Decides
He Runs, She Runs
Group Identity and Social Preferences
Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.
Does Gender Make a Difference? An Experimental Examination of Sex Stereotypes and Press Patterns in Statewide Campaigns
A Cooperative Species
The Price of Power
Are women really the “fairer” sex? Corruption and women in government
Women, War, and Winning Elections
Women, War, and Winning Elections
Who stereotypes female candidates? Identifying individual differences in feminine stereotype reliance
Gender and corruption
Comparatively speaking
The Lingering Effect of Scandals in Congressional Elections
Political hypocrisy
Does Being Male Help? An Investigation of the Effects of Candidate Gender and Campaign Coverage on Evaluations of U.S. Senate Candidates
Media Coverage of Minority Congresswomen and Voter Evaluations
The Role of Gender Stereotypes in U.S. Senate Campaigns
Saving Face
Mass Response to the Lewinsky Scandal
The Interplay of Candidate Party and Gender in Evaluations of Political Candidates
Untangling the Relationship between Partisanship, Gender Stereotypes, and Support for Female Candidates
Bringing Narrative In
Do Candidates Run as Women and Men or Democrats and Republicans? The Impact of Party and Sex on Issue Campaigns
Subtle Sexism? Examining Vote Preferences When Women Run Against Men for the Presidency
A Reexamination of Women’s Electoral Success in Open Seat Elections
The Effects of Gender-Bending on Candidate Evaluations
Sex, Stereotypes, and Security
Do Citizens Apply Gender Stereotypes to Infer Candidates' Ideological Orientations
Political Parties, Motivated Reasoning, and Issue Framing Effects
Testing the Double Standard for Candidate Emotionality
The Primary Reason for Women's Underrepresentation? Reevaluating the Conventional Wisdom
Social Desirability Effects and Support for a Female American President
He Said, She Said
The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Voting for Women Candidates by Level and Type of Office
Gender Stereotypes and Corruption
Gender Stereotypes, Candidate Evaluations, and Voting for Women Candidates
Do Gender Stereotypes Transcend Party
The Electoral Fortunes of Women Candidates for Congress
Scandals and Congressional Elections in the Post-Watergate Era
Race and Gender Cues in Low-Information Elections
Gender as a Factor in the Attribution of Leadership Traits
If Bill Clinton Were a Woman
Measuring Stereotypes of Female Politicians
Emotional, Sensitive, and Unfit for Office? Gender Stereotype Activation and Support Female Candidates
The Effects of Counterstereotypic Gender Strategies on Candidate Evaluations
The Consequences of Explicit and Implicit Gender Attitudes and Candidate Quality in the Calculations of Voters
The impact of scandal on candidate evaluations
The Impact of Gender Stereotyped Evaluations on Support for Women Candidates
The Relationship Between Campaign Negativity, Gender and Campaign Context
Party and Gender Stereotypes in Campaign Attacks
Is Running Enough? Reconsidering the Conventional Wisdom about Women Candidates
Sex and Race
When Gender Matters
Women Politicians, Institutions, and Perceptions of Corruption
Gender Stereotypes and the Perception of Male and Female Candidates
Gender Stereotypes and Citizens' Impressions of House Candidates' Ideological Orientations
Risk Attitudes and Political Participation
Women’s Representation, Accountability and Corruption in Democracies
Self-promotion as a risk factor for women
The nature of stereotypes
Reactions to Counterstereotypic Behavior
It Takes a Survey
Sex and the Grand Old Party
Talking the Talk but Not Walking the Walk
Monkey Business
Does Time Heal All Wounds? Sex Scandals, Tax Evasion, and the Passage of Time
College sophomores in the laboratory
Political Preference Formation
The Ties That Double Bind
Framing Public Opinion in Competitive Democracies
Elite Influence on Public Opinion in an Informed Electorate
| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |