News coverage of female politicians focuses on personality, males on the issues
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
With more and more women representing the 50 states on Capitol Hill every year, many have noted that female politicians are not given the same treatment as males in the media. A recent study from a special mini symposium in Political Research Quarterly finds that news coverage of female politicians focuses more on character traits and less on their policy arguments than it does for their male counterparts.