Political Science 3207F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unconscious Mind, Commodification
10 Jul 2019
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Sexism: prejudice, stereotyping or discrimination, typically against women, on basis on sex. The argument: sexism plays a role in the way people perceive female vs, male leaders. Clinton was frontrunner but then her popularity went down - claimed she was a victim of sexism. Women who climb to top of politics have to be aggressive to gain support. People have both conscious and unconscious stereotypes about men and women. Studies have shown that leadership tends to be linked in our minds w masculine traits such as strength, decisiveness and manliness women are unconsciously linked to gentleness, passivity, and care. When a woman assumes a leadership, unconscious stereotypes about leadership conflict w unconscious stereotypes about women. Unconscious mind reconciles the conflict by stripping women of their feminine, caring side. Unconscious/implicit bias: influences voters without their being aware of it; gender implications. Commodification: to turn or treat as a commodity, make commercial.
