A Woman in a Man's World: The Political Attitudes of Women and the Role of Representation

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Wemlinger, E. (2011). A Woman in a Man's World: The Political Attitudes of Women and the Role of Representation. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

Gender plays an important role in shaping attitudes, constraining roles, and perpetuating values. Historically women have been removed from the public and political environment, not allowed to vote, to freely work, and to attend educational institutions. Women's legal equality with men in most advanced societies has not eliminated the influence of gender, particularly in the political arena and the attitudes toward how women are supposed to act. Gender continues to influence how individuals form their own political and social attitudes. This dissertation explores how gender influences several different areas of public life with three distinct studies that each focus on the influence on gender. While each of the studies included in this dissertation is a separate and distinct study, each of them attempt to increase the knowledge regarding the role that gender has on attitudes and how diversity in different areas of society can influence attitudes of individuals. Do women have different attitudes toward policies than men, and what influence might these differences have on the political landscape and public policy in the United States? When women do become more integrated both in the workplace and also in political institutions what influence can this have on the structure and attitudes in the institution as well as in society in general?

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Author

Wemlinger, Elizabeth

Title

A Woman in a Man's World: The Political Attitudes of Women and the Role of Representation

Physical Description

1 online resource (211 pages) : PDF

Date

2011

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

Gender plays an important role in shaping attitudes, constraining roles, and perpetuating values. Historically women have been removed from the public and political environment, not allowed to vote, to freely work, and to attend educational institutions. Women's legal equality with men in most advanced societies has not eliminated the influence of gender, particularly in the political arena and the attitudes toward how women are supposed to act. Gender continues to influence how individuals form their own political and social attitudes. This dissertation explores how gender influences several different areas of public life with three distinct studies that each focus on the influence on gender. While each of the studies included in this dissertation is a separate and distinct study, each of them attempt to increase the knowledge regarding the role that gender has on attitudes and how diversity in different areas of society can influence attitudes of individuals. Do women have different attitudes toward policies than men, and what influence might these differences have on the political landscape and public policy in the United States? When women do become more integrated both in the workplace and also in political institutions what influence can this have on the structure and attitudes in the institution as well as in society in general?

Genre

doctoral dissertations

Subjects--Topics

Government policy
Political science
Sex role

Degree

Ph.D.

Keywords

Climate
Descriptive Representation
Equality Attitudes
Tokens
Traditional Gender Roles
Women's Representation

Subject Area

Public Policy

Advisor(s)

Kropf, Martha

Committee Members

Szmer, John
Moller, Stephanie
Atkeson, Lonna
Huet, Yvette

Degree Note

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2011.

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Wemlinger_uncc_0694D_10217

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