Fit for the Role: Gender, Confidence, and Political Ambition in Elections

• In Event: Identity Considerations for Political Candidacy

Brief Overview

An experiment with a stereotypically female-oriented task shows women are no more likely to run for office when the position plays to their strengths. Men are significantly less interested in running for elections with a "female-oriented" job.

Authors

• Richard Logan Fox, Loyola Marymount University

• Jennifer Pate, Loyola Marymount University