Blending in or standing out? Gendered political communication in 24 democracies
Bruno Castanho Silva,
Danielle Pullan,
Jens Wäckerle
Abstract:Women in male‐dominated organizations often must adopt more stereotypical masculine traits to advance within those hierarchies. While politics, historically male‐dominated, should induce women to blend in, increasing numbers of women in parliaments may give women the opportunity to stand out by not adopting a masculine style. This paper investigates how these contradictory incentives influence female Members of Parliament (MPs) in 24 democracies between 1987 and 2022, applying machine learning to 6.8 million p… Show more
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