An Experimental Examination of Demand-Side Preferences for Female and Male National Leaders.
| Autor: | Murray GR; Department of Social Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States., Carroll BA; Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA, United States. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2020 Sep 15; Vol. 11, pp. 576278. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 15 (Print Publication: 2020). |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.576278 |
| Abstrakt: | Females constitute a far smaller proportion of political leaders than their proportion in the general population. Leading demand- and supply side explanations for this phenomenon account for some of the variance but leave a great deal unexplained. In an effort to account for additional variance, this research evaluates the issue informed by the biological theory of evolution by natural selection, a foundational explanation for the diversity and function of living organisms. It experimentally assesses how varying types of inter- and intragroup threat-a recurring ancestral problem-affect demand for female and male national leaders. This work analyzes data collected from individuals ( N = 826) in the U.S. during the 2012 Cooperative Congressional Election Study. The results suggest the predominant preference for male over female leaders in some contexts may be the non-adaptive and non-functional but lingering outcome of an adaptive preference for physically formidable allies that was shaped by natural selection in ancestral environments. (Copyright © 2020 Murray and Carroll.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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