Internal Valuation Within Political OrganizationsPolitical Parties and Gender-based Group Dynamics in the U.S. House of Representatives

2012 ◽  
pp. 17-47
Author(s):  
Kristin Kanthak ◽  
George A. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The U.S

A Catwalk to Congress? Appearance-Based Effects in the Elections to the U.S. House of Representatives 2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Jäckle ◽  
Thomas Metz ◽  
Georg Wenzelburger ◽  
Pascal D. König
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Electoral Competition ◽  
Weighting Factor ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Electoral Outcome ◽  
Relative Measure ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The U.S

This article addresses the question of appearance-based effects by looking at the U.S. House of Representatives election 2016. We broaden the focus beyond existing studies by offering a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the three traits attractiveness, competence, and likability while simultaneously taking into account confounding third variables and possible interactions. Corresponding to the comparative character of electoral competition in the districts, we developed a relative measure of the three traits which we apply in an online survey. This measure also takes into account the raters’ latency times, that is, their clicking speed, as a weighting factor for their ambiguity in the ratings. With these data we test whether appearance matters for the electoral outcome. We find that attractiveness positively affects the vote share, whereas perceived likability and competence play no role. The study also tests to what extent the found appearance effects are conditioned by incumbency status, age, and gender of the contestants. Furthermore, it gives hints which aspects of their appearance candidates could change to perform better at the ballot box.

scholarly journals Antidemocratic and Exclusionary Practices: COVID-19 and the Continuum of Violence

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1150-1157
Author(s):  
Summer Forester ◽  
Cheryl O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Exclusionary Practices ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Systems Of Domination ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Continuum

AbstractThe global coronavirus pandemic has reified divisions, inequity, and injustices rooted in systems of domination such as racism, sexism, neoliberal capitalism, and ableism. Feminist scholars have theorized these interlocking systems of domination as the “continuum of violence.” Building on this scholarship, we conceptualize the U.S. response to and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as reflective of the continuum of violence. We argue that crises like pandemics expose the antidemocratic and exclusionary practices inherent in this continuum, which is especially racialized and gendered. To support our argument, we provide empirical evidence of the continuum of violence in relation to COVID-19 vis-à-vis the interrelated issues of militarization and what feminists call “everyday security,” such as public health and gender-based violence. The continuum of violence contributes theoretically and practically to our understanding of how violence that the pandemic illuminates is embedded in broader systems of domination and exclusion.

Photos from the Quarter

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Keyword(s):  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Israeli Occupation

This sample of photos from 16 August–15 November 2019 aims to convey a sense of Palestinian life during this quarter. The images capture Palestinians across the diaspora as they fight to exercise their rights: to run for office, to vote, and to protest both Israeli occupation and gender-based violence.

THE SINS OF THE FATHER: GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Snodgrass
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Black Women ◽  
South African ◽  
African Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
South African Women

This article explores the complexities of gender-based violence in post-apartheid South Africa and interrogates the socio-political issues at the intersection of class, ‘race’ and gender, which impact South African women. Gender equality is up against a powerful enemy in societies with strong patriarchal traditions such as South Africa, where women of all ‘races’ and cultures have been oppressed, exploited and kept in positions of subservience for generations. In South Africa, where sexism and racism intersect, black women as a group have suffered the major brunt of this discrimination and are at the receiving end of extreme violence. South Africa’s gender-based violence is fuelled historically by the ideologies of apartheid (racism) and patriarchy (sexism), which are symbiotically premised on systemic humiliation that devalues and debases whole groups of people and renders them inferior. It is further argued that the current neo-patriarchal backlash in South Africa foments and sustains the subjugation of women and casts them as both victims and perpetuators of pervasive patriarchal values.

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