Chris Karpowitz Quin Monson Jessica Preece Beyond the Double Bind Existing literature suggests that egalitarian trends have reduced the challenges of the femininitycompetence double bind for women in ID: 781935
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Selection Effects and Self-Presentation: How the Double Bind Strangles Women’s Representation Chris KarpowitzQuin MonsonJessica Preece
Slide2Beyond the Double Bind?Existing literature suggests that egalitarian trends have reduced the challenges of the “femininity/competence” double bind for women in politics.We make three critiques:Existing
work focuses on
higher-level
offices (
Congress
and
statewide
offices)
and
neglects
entry-level
contests
, but
s
election
effects may be present at earlier
stages.
Experimental studies focus on
sex
discrimination but neglect
gender
discrimination.
Gender
discrimination could vary substantially by political party (through different political culture and support for different gender roles)
We used a hypothetical primary election (matched to R’s party preference) for the state legislature, to present a masculine man against a woman candidate with four possible masculine or feminine issue/qualification profiles.
Slide3Slide4LikeabilityCompetence
Masculine
Feminine
Law Grad Mom
Mom Only
Masculine
Feminine
Law Grad Mom
Mom Only
Female
–
Male Candidate
Female
–
Male Candidate
Republicans
Democrats
Republicans
Democrats
Slide5Republicans
Democrats
Masculine
Feminine
Law Grad Mom
Mom Only
Slide6Very Conservative Reps
All Other Republicans
Masculine
Feminine
Law Grad Mom
Mom Only