is politics just a struggle for power, or is that just what we’ve made it out to be?
MA political theory @ columbia
election reform, voting, identity, representation
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gender politics researcher @ representwomen
MA political theory @ columbia
election reform, voting, identity, representation
MA political theory @ columbia
election reform, voting, identity, representation
this isn’t necessarily because of differences between men and women, but because of the norms and traditions our society holds. women aren’t conditioned to seek power in the same way.
a large takeaway was that many of the questions women ask themselves when thinking about entering politics are questions that men don’t ask.
getting gender parity in government isn’t about fairness. it’s about reshaping the norms that define our country, truly representing a diverse electorate, and bringing new ideas to the table.
at RepresentWomen’s holiday party last week Ambassador Hunt told us about the questions she asked herself when her career path started to shift from being a common cause activist to a diplomat.
fascinating highlights
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/13/striking-findings-from-2022/
•”A growing share of adult TikTok users in the U.S. are getting news on the platform”
•”Most Americans who have experienced extreme weather in the past year—majorities in both political parties—see climate change as a factor”
•”Following the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the partisan gap in views of the court grew wider than at any point in more than three decades”
MattstodonPosted this before and it is certainly getting better as I curate my follows, but...
What are some accounts you follow on here for movies, pop culture, and the like? My feed is a little too Business Casual Cocktail Party so far, where I’m used to more of a Comic Con Meet-Up
Girl InterruptedOklahoma's jobless rate has been rising, and Fed expects higher unemployment in 2023 https://www.oklahoman.com/story/business/employment/2022/12/19/oklahoma-unemployment-rate-steady-jobs-still-outnumber-job-seekers/69724884007/
Also worth a read– "benevolent" and "hostile" sexism and how both forms maintain patriarchal gender norms and can dictate behavior.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00104.x
#genderpolitics #behavior #socialscience #gendernorms #behavioralscience
Saw this on twitter and figured it was worth sharing here. The piece speaks for itself and is worth a read. We can't keep ignoring the warning signs that lead to mass shootings. Over two-thirds of mass shootings are linked to domestic violence, yet we continue to punish those "who don’t conform to heteropatriarchal notions of sexuality, gender, and power."
#domesticviolence #gunviolence #massshootings #genderviolence #gender #colorado
