Men and women tend to espouse different political attitudes, as widely noted by both
journalists and social scientists. A deeper understanding of why and when gender gaps …

This article examines why the percentage of Democratic women in Congress has increased
dramatically since the 1980s while the percentage of Republican women has barely grown …

I argue the gender gap is a function of men and women changing their partisanship as they
seek the best representation of their gendered social identity from the political parties …

Research on political representation demonstrates that the presence of historically
underrepresented groups in political office (descriptive representation) can have not only a …

Scholarship on women voters in the United States has focused on the gender gap, showing
that, since the 1980s, women are more likely to vote for Democratic Party candidates than …

This article argues that the modern American partisan gender gap–the tendency of men to
identify more as Republicans and less as Democrats than women–emerged largely …

The# MeToo movement has brought heightened attention to issues of sexual harassment
and assault in the United States since it burst onto the scene in 2017. Because sexual …

This chapter grapples with the political psychology of minority status by focusing on the
attitudes and actions expressed by groups who are subordinated based on race, gender …

Women's elective office-holding stands at an all-time high in the United States. Yet women
are far from parity. This underrepresentation is surprising given that more women than men …

A defining feature of American politics, including party identification, is the question of the
proper role of government. Partisanship is a prevailing way that individuals organize their …