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Familial Origins of Gender Role Attitudes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2015

Nicole Filler  and
M. Kent Jennings
Nicole Filler
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
M. Kent Jennings
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Extensive public opinion research on gender-related attitudes has focused on identifying and understanding the dynamics of individual gender role attitudes, as well as attitudes toward more explicitly policy-related and political issues broadly related to gender. One stream of research considers egalitarianism in a generic sense as in inquiries about whether men and women should have equal roles in public affairs (e.g., Jennings 2006; Sanbonmatsu 2002, chapter 3) and evaluations of the women's movement (e.g., Huddy, Neely, and Lafay 2000). Another line of research has solicited opinions about specific gender-related policies and issues, including support for the ERA (Mansbridge 1986; Plutzer 1991), abortion (e.g., Bolzendahl and Myers 2004; Wilcox and Carr 2010), gender-based affirmative action (Kane and Whipkey 2009), the suitability of women for political life (Sanbonmatsu 2002, chapter 3), and a variety of other issues and policies often noted as being especially relevant for women (Sapiro and Shames 2010).

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Politics & Gender , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 2015 , pp. 27 - 54
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2015 

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