… The conventional wisdom among political scientists and pollsters has long held that voters drew on traditional gender roles in deciding whom to trust on what issue, said Marianne Cooper, a sociologist at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
Men, with their claims to strength and aggression, traditionally scored better on national security, crime and defense. They had the electoral advantage in times of threat. …
So what happens in this election, when the Democratic woman has all the experience in national security and the Republican man has none, but has built a following by talking tough?
It turns out that these stereotypes are just as outdated in politics as they are in society. CONT.
Susan Chira, New York Times