If you think gender issues and the so-called “war on women” were at the forefront in the 2012 campaign, just wait until 2016. … It’s a given in politics today that men will vote more Republican, while women will vote more Democratic. That has consistently been the case for a […] Read more »
Women and the ‘I Don’t Know’ Problem
… News organizations generally conduct their polls on issues that are in the headlines, and it’s usually a safe assumption that Americans are familiar with the basic issues and should be able to offer an opinion. … What pollsters have learned is that people generally have formed opinions on a […] Read more »
Professors Are Prejudiced, Too
In the world of higher education, we professors like to believe that we are free from the racial and gender biases that afflict so many other people in society. But is this self-conception accurate? To find out, we conducted an experiment. CONT. Dolly Chugh, Katherine L. Milkman & Modupe Akinola, […] Read more »
Poll Finds Vast Gaps in Basic Views on Gender, Race, Religion and Politics
An almost unfathomable gap divides public attitudes on basic issues involving gender, race, religion and politics in America, fueled by dramatic ideological and partisan divisions that offer the prospect of more of the bitter political battles that played out in Washington this month. … While these issues divide a variety […] Read more »
Mind the Gap: Gender gap present in almost all federal statewide races over last decade
News reports that deem a gender gap in polling noteworthy — with women as more Democratic and men as more Republican — are falling into a trap described by a journalistic cliché: They’re reporting when a dog bites a man. That’s because it would be far more unusual — akin […] Read more »
The Banal, Insidious Sexism of Smurfette
The Smurfs, originating as they did in mid-century Europe, exhibit the quaint sexism in which boys or men are generic people—with their unique qualities and abilities—while girls and women are primarily identified by their femininity. The sequel doesn’t upend the premise of Smurfette. In the original graphic novels, Smurfette (or […] Read more »