2020
DOI: 10.1017/s1743923x20000604
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Women Leaders and Policy Compliance during a Public Health Crisis

Abstract: How does the gender of a political leader affect policy compliance of the public during a public health crisis? State and national leaders have taken a variety of policy measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, with varying levels of success. While many female leaders have been credited with containing the spread of COVID-19, often through implementing strict policy measures, there is little understanding of how individuals respond to public health policy recommendations made by female and male leaders. This … Show more

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“…Similarly to studies on other countries, research on Brazil indicates that voters positively stereotype women politicians in traditionally gendered ways, thinking of them as more pure and morally superior than men (Batista Pereira and Porto, 2020;. The health crisis also likely increased the value of traits traditionally associated with women (Johnson and Williams, 2020): Not only is healthcare a "feminine" policy area (Bauer et al, 2020), but women politicians are also expected to be more caring towards the vulnerable and sick (Johnson and Williams, 2020) and more risk-averse (Palmer and Peterson, 2020)-and, thus, more compliant towards mask-wearing and social distancing rules. In the context of the pandemic, women candidates employing face-to-face campaigns would be going against traditional expectations that hold them as more socially responsible.…”
Section: Gendering Stigmatized Practices Candidate Viability and Punishmentmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Similarly to studies on other countries, research on Brazil indicates that voters positively stereotype women politicians in traditionally gendered ways, thinking of them as more pure and morally superior than men (Batista Pereira and Porto, 2020;. The health crisis also likely increased the value of traits traditionally associated with women (Johnson and Williams, 2020): Not only is healthcare a "feminine" policy area (Bauer et al, 2020), but women politicians are also expected to be more caring towards the vulnerable and sick (Johnson and Williams, 2020) and more risk-averse (Palmer and Peterson, 2020)-and, thus, more compliant towards mask-wearing and social distancing rules. In the context of the pandemic, women candidates employing face-to-face campaigns would be going against traditional expectations that hold them as more socially responsible.…”
Section: Gendering Stigmatized Practices Candidate Viability and Punishmentmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…World leaders have tried their best to mitigate the spread of the virus and loss of life; new outlets have noted the success of various women-led nations in containing the spread of COVID-19 (Henley and de Jong, 2021). In a recent study conducted by Bauer, Kim, and Kweon (2020), Americans were surveyed on their willingness to comply with policy recommendations pertaining to COVID-19 regarding preventive health behaviours (e.g., social distancing, face coverings, and contact tracing) made by female leaders compared to those by male leaders. The authors investigated how policy compliance among the public varied based on the leader's gender and partisanship.…”
Section: Gender and Perceptions About Candidate's Competencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Accordingly, merging both political and professional responsibilities in the current pandemic, dissimilarities between women's and men's political and professional preferences may result in divergent public health strategies and outcomes [37]. For instance, Bauer and colleagues [38] discovered that women leaders lean towards swift actions, avoiding potential risks according to model-based forecasting. Although public health decision making is a multidisciplinary and multi-engagement process, current research seems to isolate the women's leadership achievements from the leadership corps at different levels of government.…”
Section: Women's Leadership In Political and Professional Realmsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Media can either contribute to gender equity or strengthen the stereotypical gender inequality dependent on a journalistic slant [12]. In the U.S., through the results of a survey experience of citizens, Bauer and colleagues [38] argue that political leaders' gender has not significantly influenced the general public's policy compliance. Instead, in Canada, women CMOs' daily briefs of the pandemic streamed through public media channels gained most of the public's respect and collaboration as trustworthy, professional, and contrarily, bringing gender-related critiques, abuse, and even threats [48].…”
Section: Gender-inclusive Scientific-political Communication During the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
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