To Girlboss or to Tradwife: Conservatism, Education, and Gender's Affect on Feminist Working Views

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Abstract

I wish to examine the connection between conservatism, education, and gender on shaping opinions of feminist working views. Using data from the General Social Survey (GSS) I preform ordinal regressions separately for men and women. In both models I interact conservatism and college degree attainment to test for moderation. I find that women and those with college degrees are generally more supportive of feminist working views (the views that a woman can work). Inversely, as conservatism increases the respondent's support for feminist working views decreases. The moderator variable does have a significant affect. The intensity of the affect varies across support levels.

Author

• Chloe Ann Jones, University of Oklahoma