The political gender gap: Gender bias in facial inferences that predict voting behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Chiao, Joan Y ^a   Bowman, Nicholas E ^a   Gill, Harleen ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTION; FACE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FACE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349117747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003666     Document Type: Article

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