Talk:Sexism in American political elections

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I specifically entered in more information on the effects that stereotypes have on women running for political offices and described the types of sexism that may affect women from running for office while giving examples. I used relevant sources to draw from case studies done on the 2016 presidential election. The sources used are below:

Additional Items that will be included in our article. Sexism in American Politics

--Ctootlerose (talk) 18:42, 25 March 2019 (UTC)Ctootlerose

Hillary Clinton's Race for the White House: Gender Politics and the Media on the Campaign Trail by Regina G. Lawrence, Melody Rose Review by: Tracy Osborn https://www.jstor.org/stable/23327101?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and Authenticity in American Politics http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt7zw5x0

Frazer, Raiesa. Sexism in Politics 2016: What can we learn so far from media portrayals of Hillary Clinton and Latin American female leaders? (June 2016) Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. URL: http://www.coha.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Sexism-in-Politics-COHA-Template.pdf

Voth, Ben. Ain't I a Woman?: The Political Economy of Sexism and Racism. (21. October, 2016) American Thinker. URL: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/10/aint_i_a_woman_the_political_economy_of_sexism_and_racism.html

Messner, Michael A. Politics of Masculinities: Men in Movements. (2000) AltaMira Press. URL: https://books.google.de/books?hl=de&lr=&id=EfyxAAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=articles+on+sexism+in+politics&ots=peQVRuc0tL&sig=45mZUIPZvdrauMQEKZOLg89kkVQ#v=onepage&q=articles%20on%20sexism%20in%20politics&f=false

Fraser, Nancy. Feminist Politics in the Age of Recognition: A Two-Dimensional Approach to Gender Justice (2007) New School for Social Research. URL: http://search.proquest.com/docview/1315926632?pq-origsite=gscholar

Trimble, L. (2016) ‘Julia Gillard and the Gender Wars’, Politics & Gender, 12(2), pp. 296–316. doi: 10.1017/S1743923X16000155. URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-gender/article/julia-gillard-and-the-gender-wars/37371D8AAECB87F9C41B7874075A3E9B/core-reader

AlexEdmonds (talk) 04:14, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

First, I apologize no one else reviewed your article. This is a great start. Here are some suggestions. First, the introduction should be a clear summary of the most important parts of the article. For a short article, your lead may only be a few sentences. It isn’t meant to catch the reader’s attention, or explain why the topic is important. Instead, it’s a quick summary of the article in plain language. You may need to shorten some or create another section to add the content that you have now in the introduction. Second, make sure everything you state is cited. As of right, there are lots of claims with no citations. Third, we don't want to make any original arguments in Wikipedia articles. I know it's difficult, especially because we are used to academic articles. But, we have to stay on point on the facts and remain neutral. Keep up the good work. Ingrid.bego (talk) 04:18, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestions, I really appreciate them. I will have to heavily revise the introduction, and I will most likely move the majority of that content to a new section. The writing style of Wikipedia is a little different than I am used to, so it will take some time to adjust. I realize now that many of the claims I make come from the source I cited in the previous sentence, so while to me, it seemed to have context, for the readers who have not read the document the claim will appear unfounded. I will work on adding a few more citations for my currently uncited claims, as I was afraid of over citing limited sources producing a one-sided argument. I will look at any statements that seem to be a personal argument, and try to address the bias. However, any bias expressed in the article at the moment comes in part from the sources and is not my personal belief or stance. Perhaps the sources are a little too biased and do not provide a neutral overlook of the topic. While the facts might be correct they could use revising to appear less argumentative. Thanks. AlexEdmonds (talk) 20:28, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

I began working on the suggestions, especially in regard to the Introduction. Revisions, expansions, and citations are still needed and are in progress.

The "Sexism in Politics" section is still wordy and could use some clarifications. Ingrid.bego (talk) 16:42, 5 December 2016 (UTC) The last sentence also should be revised. Words like "appear" are not referring to evidence and are not clear. Ingrid.bego (talk) 16:49, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

I am editing the introduction to include citations for some of the information already present. I have also added relevant information about sexism and it's history in terms of elections. Specifically, I am adding a sentence onto the first paragraph that further explains culture's role in sexism. I removed the second sentence from the second paragraph in favor of a cited sentence about hostile sexism. Finally, I added a third paragraph explaining how sexism occurs against women. My sources are as follows:

Cross, Emily J., et al. “An Interdependence Account of Sexism and Power: Men’s Hostile Sexism, Biased Perceptions of Low Power, and Relationship Aggression.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Nov. 2018. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1037/pspi0000167.supp (Supplemental).

Rothwell, Valerie, et al. “Why Pillory Hillary? Testing the Endemic Sexism Hypothesis Regarding the 2016 US Election.” Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 138, Feb.2019, pp. 106–108. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.034.

Wallerstein, Immanuel. "Culture as the ideological battleground of the modern world-system." Theory, culture & society 7.2-3 (1990): 31-55.

Anthis, K.S. Sex Roles (2002) 47: 477. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021604611766 Gracemccauleyy (talk) 17:50, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

This source was used to explain the ways traditional gender roles affect women in political campaigns. --Ctootlerose (talk) 03:55, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

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Planned Edit

I want to address the way political sexism tends to manifest in subtle ways. Within the American electorate, one can find wide-spread, implicit biases against women; I want to explore the way in which this is reflected in the media, and thus in the outcome of our elections. I believe this article would benefit heavily from a discussion about the ways in which national media structures contribute to the gender divide in politics.

Furthermore, I want to create a new section of the article titled "Likability", where I discuss the notion of candidate likability and how that disproportionately impacts women. I found a particularly poignant insight by sociologist Marianne Cooper in the Harvard Business Review, where she discusses the possibility that political sexism exists because society simply hasn't been taught to expect women in power. Ragazzostar (talk) 13:34, 15 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ragazzostar (talk • contribs) 01:47, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

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How broadly should the election process be viewed?

Hello! I am planning on making some edits to this article, and I was curious about what others might think is the appropriate scope for viewing elections. Sexism in American political elections is not limited to just the actual contests between candidates, but also candidate selection processes. I would appreciate any comments or feedback! Bgreaves18 (talk) 23:56, 17 October 2021 (UTC)