He Runs, She Runs Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates

Name: He Runs, She Runs Why Gender Stereotypes Do Not Harm Women Candidates
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ISBN: 9780691153421

ISBN-10: 0691153426

ISBN-13: 9780691153421

Edition: 2013

Authors: Deborah Jordan Brooks

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While there are far more women in public office today than in previous eras, women are still vastly underrepresented in this area relative to men. Conventional wisdom suggests that a key reason is because female candidates start out at a disadvantage with the public, compared to male candidates, and then face higher standards for their behavior and qualifications as they campaign.He Runs, She Runsis the first comprehensive study of these dynamics and demonstrates that the conventional wisdom is wrong.With rich contextual background and a wealth of findings, Deborah Jordan Brooks examines whether various behaviors--such as crying, acting tough, displays of anger, or knowledge gaffes--by male…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.28" wide x 9.33" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.770



Tables


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Theoretical Foundations



How to Study Gender Stereotype Usage and Double Standards in Campaigns



Descriptive Candidate Gender Stereotypes and the Role of Candidate Experience



Tears and Anger on the Campaign Trail



Unbinding the Double Bind



Knowledge Gaffes



Reassessing the Parity Problem



A Bright Future for Women in Politics



Text of Newspaper Treatments



Questionnaire



How the Public Responds to Each Behavior



How the Public Responds to Candidate Experience



Results for Candidate Experience &ast; Candidate Gender



Results for Candidate Gender (Control Group only)



Results for Crying &ast; Candidate Gender



Results for Anger &ast; Candidate Gender



Results for Toughness &ast; Candidate Gender



Results for Lack of Empathy &ast; Candidate Gender



Results for Knowledge Gaffe &ast; Candidate Gender


References


Index