Political Implications of Gender Roles: A Review of the Literature
- 1 December 1974
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Political Science Review
- Vol. 68 (4) , 1706-1723
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1959952
Abstract
This essay introduces the reader to the contemporary literature on gender roles and feminine behavior, including the major concepts, empirical findings, and social thought which have implications for political behavior and research. Gender roles as they relate to the psychology and activity of men and women, and their systemic cultural, economic, and legal ramifications provide an explanation and a basis for understanding political behavior, including recurrent women's protest movements. Contemporary writing contributes to building a non-androcentric and accurate body of knowledge regarding political woman, and it calls into question the ideology of the biological determinism of political activity. The literature surveyed has potential usefulness for public policy: an expansion of democracy is viable with the discernment and removal of barriers which hinder substantial proportions of women from achieving political leadership and hence participating in authoritative decision making and value allocation. A bibliography of major references is appended.This publication has 70 references indexed in Scilit:
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