The Gendered Voice of Foreign Policy: Experimental Evidence on Diplomatic Communication in the United States

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Brief Overview

We provide experimental evidence on how the gender of foreign ministry spokespersons influences perceptions of a state’s willingness to use force and Americans’ preferences for spokespersons delivering cooperative or confrontational messages.

Authors

• Zhaoqing Li, Texas A&M University

• Kexin Bai, Texas A&M University