Research Shows Gender Attacks on Women Work

[Jimbo101]

Political Wire

Abstract Link

The results suggest that female candidates are particularly vulnerable to trait based attacks that challenge stereotypically feminine strengths.

Both male and female candidates proved vulnerable to attacks on policy issues stereotypically associated with their party and gender, but the negative effects of all forms of stereotype-based attacks were especially large for democratic women.

[bettyellen]

1. "Ambitious" was only used against HRC and only as a negative. It was bizarre.

[JHan]

2. also "coronation" "Power hungry" "Obsessed".. just some words ..

associated with HRC. As if it isn't a Politician's nature to be ambitious and grasp power ( That's what politics is all about) but HRC got hit with it hard since the 90's it seems... also...

"How dare she run a second time" - I heard this from people who wished Biden ran - who himself ran twice, and if he ran last year would have been his third time.

Sigh.

[Maven]

4. Also "anointed"

Which is something I never seem to hear about male candidates. Some are already complaining about Kamala Harris being "anointed". The implication being that if a woman is pointed out as a frontrunner, it must be for some other reason than her qualifications, charisma, etc.

[JHan]

5. They'll try the same shit with Kamala .... and it's telling ..

that Kamala will only survive it because she has less experience therefore there's less in her track record to demonize her with....

I'm really sick of the shit.

[niyad]

3. k and r and thank you for that necessary, depressing article.