Are women more progressive than men? Attitudinal gender gaps in West European democracies
By: Langsæther, Peter Egge and Knutsen, Carl Henrik
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BookPublisher: International Political Science Review Description: 46(3), Jun, 2025: p.442-453.Subject(s): Gender, Gender gap, Political attitudes, Western Europe, Political representation
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International Political Science ReviewSummary: We assess gender gaps in attitudes to several important and distinct policy areas, including economic left–right issues, gender equality, immigration, environmentalism and traditional ‘moral issues’. Drawing on comprehensive survey data from 14 established democracies in Western Europe, we document that women have more progressive attitudes than men do on all the five attitudinal dimensions that we consider. These patterns are similar (albeit not identical) across West European countries, despite cross-country differences in political cultures and systems. We also elaborate on potential implications of our findings for other political outcomes of interest, including voting behaviour and the functioning of representative democracy, and point to avenues for future research in detailing the mechanisms that contribute to the observed gender gaps.- Reproduced
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01925121241280069
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We assess gender gaps in attitudes to several important and distinct policy areas, including economic left–right issues, gender equality, immigration, environmentalism and traditional ‘moral issues’. Drawing on comprehensive survey data from 14 established democracies in Western Europe, we document that women have more progressive attitudes than men do on all the five attitudinal dimensions that we consider. These patterns are similar (albeit not identical) across West European countries, despite cross-country differences in political cultures and systems. We also elaborate on potential implications of our findings for other political outcomes of interest, including voting behaviour and the functioning of representative democracy, and point to avenues for future research in detailing the mechanisms that contribute to the observed gender gaps.- Reproduced
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01925121241280069
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