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Do Gender Stereotypes Transcend Party?

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, sanbon{at}rci.rutgers.edu

Kathleen Dolan

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, kdolan{at}uwm.edu

Voters hold stereotypes about candidate gender and candidate party. Yet little is known about the intersection of gender and party stereotypes. In this article, we investigate whether gender stereotypes transcend party. We consider whether gender stereotypes affect woman politicians differently by party and examine the effect of partisan identification on gender stereotypes. We find that the public perceives gender differences within both political parties. Thus the presence of the party cue does not preclude a role for candidate gender. However, we also find that the implications of gender stereotypes are somewhat different for Democratic and Republican women.

Key Words: women candidates • gender stereotypes • party

This version was published on September 1, 2009

Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 3, 485-494 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1065912908322416


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