The Latino Gender Gap in U.S. Politics

Bejarano, Christina E.

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“…Experiencing marginalization from multiple sources seems to increase support for redistributive policies, perhaps as a result of individual self‐interest or values, though, counterintuitively marginalized groups sometimes support the meritocracy because justifying the system can “serve important psychologically protective functions among marginalized groups” (Bullock & Reppond, , p. 84). Most often, the observed pattern is one where minority women supported Democratic political candidates more than other groups (Bejarano, ). Black women supported progressive gender role attitudes and policies even when compared to black men (Carter et al, ).…”

Section: Gender In the Citizenrymentioning

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“…Attitudes among other minority groups do not follow the simple pattern that experiencing a double disadvantage leads to an increase in support for liberal policies. For instance, while initial research showed few gender differences within the Latino community (Bejarano, Manzano, & Montoya, ), recent findings (e.g., Bejarano, ) suggested that gender gaps occur as a result of a complex combination of “key factors like national origin group and generational differences, which highlight the unique role of immigrant experiences” (Bejarano, , p. 116). In short, to understand how gender might influence political attitudes, party identification, and vote choice among minority groups, careful attention should be paid to gender roles in conjunction with multiple identities that characterize the specific group, such as immigrant and generational status for those who are Latinx.…”

Section: Gender In the Citizenrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, LGBTQ+ women expressed greater disengagement from politics (Bergersen et al, ). However, considerable evidence suggests that women of color (particularly Latinas and black women) engage in politics more than their male counterparts and, at times, more than white women (Bejarano, ; Brown, ; Farris & Holman, ). Moreover, there are more black women and Latinas in elective office than black men and Latinos (Bejarano, ; Hardy‐Fanta, Lien, Pinderhughes, & Sierra, ; Ramirez & Burningame, ).…”

Section: Gender In the Citizenrymentioning

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The Application of Social Role Theory to the Study of Gender in Politics

Schneider

Bos

2019

Political Psychology

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Social role theory provides a framework to help understand the complexity of gender in the political sphere. We demonstrate how SRT both helps to explain extant research findings and to generate future research that will help explain the complicated ways in which gender shapes U.S. politics. This article considers two broad categories of behavior: the gendered opinions and engagement of the citizenry and the gendered evaluations of political actors by elites and voters. Within each category, we propose moving beyond the male-female binary and consider the effects of gender in conjunction with other key political identities, such as race, ethnicity, age, as well as examining the effects of (dis)ability, and class. As well, our work demonstrates how masculinity encompasses the U.S. political system and serves as a backdrop in front of which gender roles shape political behavior, and role incongruity can lead to prejudice. This project lays the groundwork for future work to apply theories from psychology to a gendered analysis of U.S. politics. Through a better understanding of sex, gender, and their combined effects with race and other intersectional identities, we contribute to a broader goal of creating a more inclusive U.S. politics. bs_bs_banner Gender in the CitizenryTo consider how gender affects the opinions and participation of the citizenry, we first introduce key concepts that lay the groundwork for social role theory. As a central organizing theory, social role theory provides an explanation for how the powerful, pervasive, segregated social roles of men and women produce gender stereotypes and gendered behavior. Then, we organize the article into sections that address the main outcomes of interest we introduced above: public opinion and political participation. We conclude each section with future research.

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Section: Gender In the Citizenrymentioning

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Section: Gender In the Citizenrymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Application of Social Role Theory to the Study of Gender in Politics

Schneider

Bos

2019

Political Psychology

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“…In terms of electoral participation, Junn (1997) finds that white women outvote black women, Latinas, and Asian American women. Other researchers have established that women of color tend to vote at higher rates than their male counterparts (Uhlaner, Cain, and Kiewiet 1989;Lien 2001;Carroll 2006;Smooth 2006;Robnett 2007;Conway 2008;Bejarano 2014;). However, Lien (1998Lien ( , 2001 finds no statistically significant turnout differences between Latinos, Asian American, or Native American men and women for the 1992 and 1996 elections.…”

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Collective Representation as a Mobilizer: Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Their Intersections at the State Level

Uhlaner

Scola

2016

State Politics Policy Q.

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Prior research has found that descriptive representation by race, ethnicity, or gender increases political action, but it has paid less attention to how the intersection of these identities influences participation. We extend this literature by assessing the effects on voter turnout of collective descriptive representation in U.S. state legislatures on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and their intersections. We argue that members of historically excluded groups respond to the overall composition of their state's legislature.

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“…As migrant families spend time in the US, each subsequent generation becomes increasingly embedded into the national culture. This trend is reflected in gender attitudes; first-generation Latino immigrants were less liberal than later generations (Bejarano 2014). While there may be a period or cohort effect at work here too, US-born counterparts of Mexican immigrants holding similar attitudes, scholarship showing that migrants negotiate tensions around gender in the host country suggests that migrants' experiences are uniquely shaped by migration.…”

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Gender across family generations: change in Mexican American masculinities and femininities

Vasquez¹

2014

Identities

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How do conceptions of genderattitudes, expectations, and behaviourschange from generation to generation in Mexican American families? The notion of gender as socially constructed allows for the possibility of change, yet existing studies documenting change provide insight into why gender changes occur but do not sufficiently describe how this process happens. Based on interviews with three-generation Mexican American families in California, this article finds that reflection on natal family experiences and intergenerational family communicationautobiographical stories, lessons, and adviceare mechanisms that shift masculinity, femininity, and gender relations. Men use their natal family dynamics to rethink male dominance in favour of improved familial and romantic relationships whereas women consider their biographies and cross-generational advice to challenge patriarchy and become more educated and assertive. Families are crucibles of social change: reflection on natal family experiences and communication that crosscuts family generations actualise and initiate paradigm shifts about gender.

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The Latino Gender Gap in U.S. Politics

Cited by 26 publications

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The Application of Social Role Theory to the Study of Gender in Politics

The Application of Social Role Theory to the Study of Gender in Politics

Collective Representation as a Mobilizer: Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Their Intersections at the State Level

Gender across family generations: change in Mexican American masculinities and femininities

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