Run, Jane, Run! Gendered Responses to Political Party Recruitment

Women's authority in political decision-making groups

“…That is, women are reluctant to occupy a role that entails the overt declaration that one is seeking power in the group, but are comfortable engaging in the identical behavior as long as it is cast as volunteering to help the group. In addition, Preece and Stoddard (2015b) find that among a gender-balanced sample of highly engaged members of a political party, women were half as likely as men to respond to an invitation to attend a free candidate training seminar (see also Preece & Stoddard, 2015a). Similarly, when it comes to voters, men's political ambition was raised by the prospect of being recruited as a candidate, while women's self-reported ambition was unaffected.…”

Political Violence and the Prospect of Democracy in Nigeria: A Survey of the South-East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria

“…According to the table, 34% of the respondents strongly disagree that their votes are relevant in the face of political violence and snatching of ballot boxes during elections, 31.2% while disagree, 18% and 16.8% agree and strongly agree respectively that their votes can still be relevant in the presence of political violence and snatching of ballot boxes during general elections. 3…”

“…The separation of the electorates from the process of selecting their leaders in a democratic dispensation is a way of imposing wrong and autocratic leaders on the masses and engendering of antidemocratic principles in the political system. Through the process of selecting the party candidate to the general election in Nigeria, democratic principle is undermined leaving the process at the mercy of party king makers and the men in possession of weapons and might [1][2][3]. The electorates are terrified and intimidated out of the selection and election platform while the men with good intention knowledge and character are terrified out of electoral process making Nigeria young democracy more or less the meeting of the vultures which end at producing wrong and disgruntled leaders [4,5].…”

Power, Gender, and Group Discussion

“…For these reasons, women may be less likely than men to develop a sense of confidence in their capacities or to value their abilities or their contribution as highly as men do (Instone et al, ; Karpowitz & Mendelberg, ; Major, McFarlin, & Gagnon, ; Pajares, ; Preece & Stoddard, ). When compared to objective markers of achievement or capacity, women tend to underrate themselves, and men do not, especially on dimensions considered masculine (Beyer & Bowden, ; Wigfield, Eccles, & Pintrich, ).…”