A frustrating pattern has emerged in the current presidential campaign: Hillary Clinton’s transgressions seem to inspire more outrage than those of Donald Trump. Trump refuses to release his tax returns, and the criticism is oddly muted. Clinton fails to disclose an illness, and all hell breaks loose.
What’s going on? Timely new research suggests at least part of the answer lies in the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes. CONT.
Tom Jacobs, Pacific Standard