Gender Stereotyping Questions Accurately Measure Beliefs About the Traits and Issue Strengths of Women and Men in Politics

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Journal of Women Politics & Policy Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1554477X.2023.2162285

Mirya R. Holman

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The public often believes that men in political office are better at handling some issues or possess specific traits, compared to women. Do individuals reveal their true preferences on surveys that inquire about these political gender stereotypes? This article employs methods that allow researchers to examine true attitudes without pressuring individuals to explicitly reveal sensitive preferences. I use three experiments: a list experiment, a new group-count sensitive measure, and a question-wording experiment employed on the 2016 CES. I find little evidence of reluctance to share true attitudes about gender stereotypes across any of the measures. The results presented help confirm the importance of gender stereotypes in shaping political preferences in American politics today and undergird evidence in prior scholarship on stereotypes.

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性别刻板印象问题准确衡量了对男女政治特征和问题优势的信念

摘要公众通常认为，与女性相比，担任政治职务的男性更善于处理某些问题或具有特定的特质。在调查这些政治性别陈规定型观念时，个人是否透露了他们的真实偏好？这篇文章采用了一些方法，使研究人员能够在不迫使个人明确揭示敏感偏好的情况下检验真实的态度。我使用了三个实验：一个列表实验，一个新的群体计数敏感指标，以及2016年消费电子展上使用的问题措辞实验。我发现几乎没有证据表明，在任何一项措施中，人们都不愿分享对性别刻板印象的真实态度。研究结果有助于证实性别刻板印象在当今美国政治中塑造政治偏好的重要性，并为先前关于刻板印象的学术研究提供证据。

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Journal of Women Politics & Policy Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Women, Politics & Policy explores women and their roles in the political process as well as key policy issues that impact women''s lives. Articles cover a range of tops about political processes from voters to leaders in interest groups and political parties, and office holders in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (including the increasingly relevant international bodies such as the European Union and World Trade Organization). They also examine the impact of public policies on women''s lives in areas such as tax and budget issues, poverty reduction and income security, education and employment, care giving, and health and human rights — including violence, safety, and reproductive rights — among many others. This multidisciplinary, international journal presents the work of social scientists — including political scientists, sociologists, economists, and public policy specialists — who study the world through a gendered lens and uncover how gender functions in the political and policy arenas. Throughout, the journal places a special emphasis on the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, and other dimensions of women''s experiences.