Refusing to know a woman’s place: the causes and consequences of rejecting stereotypes of women politicians in the Americas †

Smith, Amy Erica; Warming, Katherine; Hennings, Valerie M.

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“…In this article, we propose that the study of public opinion towards electoral gender quotas—as a type of affirmative action—should expand the understanding of categories previously referred to as “prejudice” or (negative) “affect.” In this sense, we take Kinder and Kam's () suggestion—that the relationship between gender attitudes and opinions towards affirmative action includes a component of intimacy—to be central in the study of gender and politics. We also take Smith et al's () findings on the effects of “positive” gender stereotypes as pointing in the same direction, and we want to further explore its theoretical and normative implications.…”

Section: Public Opinion and Gender Quotasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Instead, the scholarship shows that ideology and prejudice towards the targeted group are the primary factors driving opinions about affirmative action (Federico & Sidanius, ; Jackman & Muha, ; Kinder & Sanders, ; Sniderman, Brody, & Kuklinski, ). Regarding electoral gender quotas, a type of affirmative action that seeks to address the underrepresentation of women in political office (Dahlerup & Freidenvall, , p. 27), recent public opinion studies find similar patterns (Barnes & Córdova, ; Beauregard, ; Keenan & McElroy, ; Smith, Warming, & Hennings, ).…”

Section: Public Opinion and Gender Quotasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent studies also investigate more directly the sources of public opinion support for electoral gender quotas. Smith et al () focus on what they call “gendered leadership stereotypes” and show that positive beliefs associated with leadership styles and traits of women are highly correlated with the support for quotas in some Latin American countries. With regards to more negative antiegalitarian attitudes towards women, Kinder and Kam () find that the effects of those attitudes on support for affirmative action tend to be more nuanced.…”

Section: Public Opinion and Gender Quotasmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender Attitudes and Public Opinion Towards Electoral Gender Quotas in Brazil

Pereira

Porto

2020

Political Psychology

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Research on public opinion towards affirmative action shows that citizens often support the principle of equality while simultaneously rejecting policies that promote it in a pattern described as the “principle‐policy puzzle.” The scholarship also shows that ideology and prejudice towards the targeted group explain the puzzle with respect to racial affirmative action. In this article, we use unique survey questions included in the 2014 round of the AmericasBarometer in Brazil to show that citizens tend to support electoral gender quotas while rejecting gender‐based egalitarianism in a reversed version of the “principle‐policy puzzle.” We argue that a different type of gender attitudes, namely benevolent sexism, shapes support for gender quotas as well as for the principle of equality. While benevolent sexists tend to reject gender equality based on views about gender complementarity and stereotypes about women's purity, they also support quotas as policies to foster such values. Our findings suggest that even though the political and scholarly debates can provide sound normative reasons for the adoption of quotas across different contexts, public support for them often relies on paternalistic views and expectations about the role of women in politics.

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Section: Public Opinion and Gender Quotasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Public Opinion and Gender Quotasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Public Opinion and Gender Quotasmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender Attitudes and Public Opinion Towards Electoral Gender Quotas in Brazil

Pereira

Porto

2020

Political Psychology

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“…Individuals holding gender‐egalitarian attitudes are more likely to support the use of legislative gender quotas across various contexts, such as Latin America (Barnes and Córdova 2016), Ireland (Keenan and McElroy 2017), and Australia (Beauregard 2018). There is also evidence that individuals with negative stereotypes of female leaders are more likely to oppose legislative gender quotas than those with neutral or favorable views (Smith, Warming, and Hennings 2017). Recent research extends this literature by showing that individuals with benevolent sexism tend to support gender quotas while rejecting the principle of gender equality (Batista Pereira and Porto 2020; Beauregard and Sheppard 2021).…”

Section: Determinants Of Attitudes Toward Gender Equality Policiesmentioning

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Why Do Young Men Oppose Gender Quotas? Group Threat and Backlash to Legislative Gender Quotas

Kim

Kweon

2022

Legislative Studies Qtrly

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Despite increasing efforts to implement legislative gender quotas, many countries still encounter substantial popular opposition to this policy. Previous work cannot explain why opposition to legislative gender quotas persists, particularly among young men, a group believed to be open to diversity. We develop and test a theoretical framework linking group threat to men's attitudes toward legislative gender quotas. While the salience of perceived group threat could trigger men's opposition to legislative gender quotas, we expect that this effect will be more profound among young men due to the heightened degree of economic insecurity experienced by younger generations. Using original survey experiments in South Korea, this study demonstrates the strong influence of group threat in the formation of negative attitudes toward legislative gender quotas among young men. These effects, however, are not mediated by traditional gender norms. Our findings have significant implications for the study of gender and politics and democratic representation.

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Refusing to know a woman’s place: the causes and consequences of rejecting stereotypes of women politicians in the Americas †

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Gender Attitudes and Public Opinion Towards Electoral Gender Quotas in Brazil

Gender Attitudes and Public Opinion Towards Electoral Gender Quotas in Brazil

Why Do Young Men Oppose Gender Quotas? Group Threat and Backlash to Legislative Gender Quotas

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