Book contents
- The Qualifications Gap
- The Qualifications Gap
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Gendered Qualification Gap
- 2 Fomenting a Gender Rebellion
- 3 No Place for Women
- 4 A Gendered Information Gap
- 5 Do Voters Expect Women to Be Better than Men?
- 6 Different Parties, Different Standards
- 7 Gender Bias, Disrupted
- 8 The Future Is Female
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
8 - The Future Is Female
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 July 2020
- The Qualifications Gap
- The Qualifications Gap
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Gendered Qualification Gap
- 2 Fomenting a Gender Rebellion
- 3 No Place for Women
- 4 A Gendered Information Gap
- 5 Do Voters Expect Women to Be Better than Men?
- 6 Different Parties, Different Standards
- 7 Gender Bias, Disrupted
- 8 The Future Is Female
- Appendixes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 highlights the broader implications of this research for women seeking to enter positions characterized by masculine expectations and traditionally dominated by men. The gendered qualification gap applies not only to political leadership but to the many public institutions that underrepresent women. Women, in general, need better qualifications than men to succeed in business leadership, the legal field, STEM industries, higher education, and other institutions traditionally dominated by men. The gendered qualification gap creates steep entry barriers for women pursuing professions that typically underrepresent women. The result is that women are noticeably absent from public life.
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- The Qualifications GapWhy Women Must Be Better than Men to Win Political Office, pp. 162 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020