ON THE BLOG: Do men and women communicate differently in the House of Commons?
@LotteHargrave and @TLangengen have analysed speeches delivered in UK parliamentary debates between 1997 and 2016 and find there are gender differences in how MPs talk.
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The blog post summarises a new article, 'The Gendered Debate: Do Men and Women Communicate Differently in the House of Commons', published in @PoliticsGenderJ (full text below).
The authors assess the widely held belief that male & female MPs have different political styles.
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They find while there are some overlaps, there is compelling evidence for a number of differences too: women are more likely to evidence arguments with personal experience, discuss policies in a more concrete way, and are less adversarial than men.
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In the post, they argue these findings have important implications for how political communication styles might improve public engagement with politicians, offer a different focus to the discussion, and improve democratic legitimacy.
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The full published article by @LotteHargrave and @TLangengen is now available to read here: doi.org/10.1017/S17439…
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