“She Doesn’t Look Presidential: Analyzing Gendered Fashion in Politics”

• In Event: Gendered Perceptions of Candidates and Institutions

Brief Overview

This paper examines media outlets to answer: does news coverage of women politicians focus more on clothing and appearance than for men? Furthermore, what (if any) are the political implications of this discrepancy?

Authors

• Katie Marie Glenn, University of Colorado Boulder

• Samantha Register, University of Colorado Boulder