When Women Provide Political Information: Better Attitude Updates and Less Defensive Thoughts

• In Event: Measurement and Women in Politics

Brief Overview

In this paper we show that incongruent political information coming from a woman as opposed to a man leads to better updating of political evaluations and less complex political thinking.

Authors

• Elif Erisen, Hacettepe University

• David Redlawsk, University of Delaware

• Cengiz Erisen, Yeditepe University