She Said, He Said: Gender, Speech, and Rhetoric in Politics

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

How is political communication gendered? The papers on this panel consider gendered patterns in parliamentary speech, the use of emasculation in political debates, the intersectional framing of political issues and its impacts, and how women and their vote have been portrayed by the media throughout American history.

Sub Unit

• Division 31: Women and Politics Research

Cosponsor

• Division 38: Political Communication

Individual Presentations

• Masculinity and Emasculation as Rhetorical Tools in Primary Debates - Lauren Hanson-Figueroa, Georgia State University

• Intersectionality & Behavior: Why Framing Matters for Women’s Organizations - Margaret Teresa Brower, Harvard University

Chair

• Leah Christiani University of Tennessee

Discussants

• Amanda Wintersieck Virginia Commonwealth University

• Jesse H. Rhodes University of Massachusetts, Amherst