Gender Differences in Foreign Policy Attitudes
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in American Politics Quarterly
- Vol. 18 (4) , 492-513
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673x9001800406
Abstract
Although a number of studies have reported gender differences on attitudes toward the use of force in foreign policy, several recent studies have reported that gender is a weak and non- significant predictor of foreign policy attitudes. The authors find that gender differences are significant even after a variety of demographic controls and that gender is among the most important demographic predictors of foreign policy attitudes. Gender differences have widened in scope over time and now include both foreign policy goals and tools. These differences are largest among the youngest cohorts. The determinants of women's and men's foreign policy attitudes, however, are essentially the same.Keywords
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