PS: as much as folks might want them to be a group, "suburban soccer moms" aren't a unique set of voters.
Women, by contrast, do systematically support the CPC a LOT less than do men. There are few reasons why: women are less likely to be socially conservative,
less likely to score high on social dominance scales, more likely to be skeptical of market conservatism and close ties to the US, etc. These are all pretty longstanding generalizations.
So, when I see a party leader make a statement like this, it suggests to me that neither that leader nor their organization understands this very well. Or if they do, they don't particularly care that their support is so much less likely to come from women.
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At the time, I agreed, b/c I didn't really like physics that much, though my bio and them grades were great.
Once I decided I didn't want to go to law school (OG plan #1), I seriously considered switching to nursing or medicine. But I made that promise and so stayed in POLI
The thing is, 1993-97 was an exceptional time for health care in Alberta. The cuts were brutal, and they went deeper than they needed to be. Lots of folks remember this.
I might be the odd one out here, but being a politician is a hard job. The schedule sucks, everyone likes to yell at you, and the commute can be horrendous. It's hard.
NOT UNLIKE BEING A NURSE.
Compensate everyone fairly. Look elsewhere to economize the budget #abpoli#ableg
This is ANOTHER piece where I try and fail to explain women's levels of subjective self-evals like interest, efficacy, and ambition. But we find some other neat things!
Here, we're interested in the political consequences of losing at competition. We build on the idea that women are more competition-averse than men b/c women are, on average, more aware that, if you compete, you might do poorly or lose
We argue this may be one reason why women report lower levels of interest, efficacy, or ambition: they're more accurate, taking into account more possibilities than are men.