Gender and the Australian Parliament: Putting the Political Scientist into the Picture

Crawford, Mary

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“…One of the barriers that has prevented female political participation, exacerbated by the percentage of male politicians in relation to female politicians, has been the patriarchal nature of political history (Murphy 2010). Research has suggested that political history has recorded the actives of men undertaking masculine actions and has ignored women's political activities rendering them invisible in this domain (Crawford 2009, Murphy 2010. However, studies have also suggested that women who have had the experience of being represented by a female Member of Parliament were more likely to be politically active and the experience of being represented by a woman could lead people in general to be more supportive of female politicians (Briggs 2008, Dolan andSanbonmatsu 2009).…”

Section: Journal Of Youth Studies 761mentioning

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Women's participation as leaders in society: an adolescent girls' perspective

Archard

2013

Journal of Youth Studies

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This paper explores the adolescent female perspective on women's participation as leaders in society. Using a qualitative approach, the study outlined in this paper investigated this phenomenon through the use of student focus groups. Participants were students in their final year of schooling from secondary girls' schools located in Australia, with one school located in South Africa. This study found that students identified the patriarchal nature of leadership positions, women's possible lack of desire to hold a leadership position, and the impact of gender stereotypes as concerns. However, students were mostly positive with regard to their ability to overcome these issues in the future. It is recommended through the findings of this study that girls are given voice through their formal schooling in order to discuss issues of gender and leadership, and as a consequence, an awareness of issues concerning gender inequity may be created.

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Section: Journal Of Youth Studies 761mentioning

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Women's participation as leaders in society: an adolescent girls' perspective

Archard

2013

Journal of Youth Studies

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Gender Equality in National Politics: The Views of Australian Male Politicians

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Pini

2010

Australian Journal of Political Science

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Studies of gender and politics have typically been studies of women and politics. In contrast, this paper places men at the centre of its inquiry by drawing on interviews with 15 current federal male politicians. Of concern is exploring the ways in which men conceptualise the question of gender equity in the Australian parliament. Three frameworks are identified in the men's narratives. These are that the parliament is a masculinised space but that this is unavoidable; that the parliament is now feminised and women are advantaged; and that the parliament is gender neutral and gender is irrelevant. It is argued that collectively these framing devices operate to mask the many constraints which exist to marginalise women from political participation and undermine attempts to address women's political disadvantage as political participants. The paper concludes by highlighting the significance of the paper beyond the Australian context and calling for further research which names and critiques political men and their discourses on gender and parliamentary practices and processes.

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Gender and the Australian Parliament: Putting the Political Scientist into the Picture

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Women's participation as leaders in society: an adolescent girls' perspective

Women's participation as leaders in society: an adolescent girls' perspective

Gender Equality in National Politics: The Views of Australian Male Politicians

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