Essay On Gender And Voting Behavior

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Phuong Nguyen
3/8/14
PS 348
Gender and Voting Behavior
Living in a society where gender matters and is one of the main attention seeking in every aspect whether it is involved with politics, governments, and as well as individuals within a community. Men and women were created equal at birth; yet, we are brought up and nurtured by the society that we let it control our thoughts and minds, and believing that women are not equally as men. Gender was separated at birth, in order for society to tell the difference between a boy and a girl, therefore, boys often wear things that associated with the color blue and girls with pink. In a political world, gender tends to suffer a gap between male and female when it comes to voting for presidential candidates or elections. While most electable candidates want to gather as many votes as possible from both genders, women’s voting tends to deliver a bigger impact on who will win, due to the fact that the majority of women are likely to vote for female candidates, especially on political issues relating to women’s rights and movements than male candidates. Therefore, women candidates should target mostly at female voters, because they are likely to vote for their own gender and will support women candidates on political issues involving discrimination and domestic violence towards women.
The term “gender gap” is often referred to a disproportionate of equality between male and female. By nature men are physically stronger than women, nevertheless, because men hold such a visible strength to the world that they are taken as the prevailing and powerful gender. The physical strength that men possess to lead society to create a patriarchal system that only man can make decisions and have authority...

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... trying to understand how gender plays a role in voting and it comes down to age, ideology and many theories that are trying to explain. For example, there are two theories that help people understand clearly as to how behavioral differences can affect voting decisions. The first explanation is known as the “different voice theory” suggests that men and women have different approaches and perspectives. The second explanation is the “critical mass theory” suggests that as women starting to increase in organizational settings, there is a better chance to see the difference in behavior between men and women. In the end, women tend to have more impact than men, whether it is relating to voting or making political decisions, because women tend to have a stronger unity as a group and they tend to make a stronger difference when it comes to protecting rights and equality.

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