What it means to know: gender differences in how white men and women justify their drug-related political beliefs

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M. Brielle Harbin
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Existing research has documented a gender gap in political knowledge. The current study uses white women and men’s beliefs about drug abuse and addiction in the USA as a case study to observe how they rationalize about social issues. I introduce a novel typology of political knowledge stemming from proximal contact with social problems. Drawing on a content analysis of 1,292 open-ended survey responses, I found that both white men and women commonly referred to information gathered from media sources and their local community when justifying their beliefs about drug abuse and addiction. However, women nearly as frequently mentioned the experiences of members of their social network when justifying their beliefs. Given these findings, I conclude that broadening our conceptualization of political knowledge offers researchers an opportunity to observe how gender roles and cultural expectations may be informing how men and women express political ideas and information.

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了解的意义:白人男性和女性为其与毒品有关的政治信仰辩护的性别差异
现有研究记录了政治知识方面的性别差距。本研究以美国白人女性和男性对药物滥用和成瘾的看法为案例,观察他们如何理性看待社会问题。我从与社会问题的近距离接触中引入了一种新的政治知识类型。通过对 1,292 份开放式调查回答进行内容分析,我发现白人男性和女性在证明他们对药物滥用和成瘾的看法时,通常都会提及从媒体和当地社区收集到的信息。然而,女性在证明自己的观点时,几乎同样频繁地提到其社交网络成员的经历。鉴于这些发现,我得出结论:拓宽我们对政治知识的概念化,为研究人员提供了一个观察性别角色和文化期望如何影响男性和女性表达政治观点和信息的机会。
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期刊介绍: International Politics?is a leading peer reviewed journal dedicated to transnational issues and global problems. It subscribes to no political or methodological identity and welcomes any appropriate contributions designed to communicate findings and enhance dialogue.International Politics?defines itself as critical in character truly international in scope and totally engaged with the central issues facing the world today. Taking as its point of departure the simple but essential notion that no one approach has all the answers it aims to provide a global forum for a rapidly expanding community of scholars from across the range of academic disciplines.International Politics?aims to encourage debate controversy and reflection. Topics addressed within the journal include:Rethinking the Clash of CivilizationsMyths of WestphaliaHolocaust and ChinaLeo Strauss and the Cold WarJustin Rosenberg and Globalisation TheoryPutin and the WestThe USA Post-BushCan China Rise Peacefully Just WarsCuba Castro and AfterGramsci and IRIs America in Decline。
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