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Why Don’t Women Care About Politics? by SavageGarden(m): 4:27pm On Mar 31, 2015 |
Compared to men, women are almost clueless about politics. Those are the depressing findings of a British study released last week. Even in advanced democracies like Norway and Canada, it found a massive gender gap in knowledge about politics. Men are news junkies, while women tune out. According to the authors, these findings should alarm us. The fact that women are more interested in Kim Kardashian than Stephen Harper is bad for democracy. And whose fault is it, anyway? Well, that’s easy. The study’s authors blame the media, for “marginalizing” women. They also blame a “historical hangover” of patriarchal attitudes from the days when women were not supposed to bother their pretty little heads about matters outside the home. Also, public affairs are still dominated by men. All these factors “discourage [women] from political participation,” warned Kaori Hayashi, one of the female academics involved in the study. But maybe there are other explanations. Women tend to filter what they need to know. Their eyes glaze over at the media’s daily offerings of “gotcha” politics. And 99 per cent of what passes as “news” is noise. There is a large overlap between men’s and women’s interests. But many of these interests are fundamentally different. Men keep track of batting averages. Women keep track of weddings. Men are interested in facts, systems, sports, competition, status, and keeping score. They use the common ground of sports and politics to bond with other men. Women are interested in relationships, gossip, health, education and their kids. They use the common ground of social information and mutual support to bond with other women. Men have opinions on almost everything, even if they’re ill-informed. Women tend to underrate their knowledge, and are far more likely to say, “I don’t know.” The obnoxious online comments you find on every news site come overwhelmingly from men. |
Re: Why Don’t Women Care About Politics? by godsamist: 5:02pm On Mar 31, 2015 |
You don finish wt all the grama wey you learn for school,mean say ya papa no wast dire moni at all,wel don my pikin! But wetin consin woma,wt poli? who go care for my husba and piki fo home front,if i do poikic you,fo go sch,pls talk sm tin else,never hear result u com to change topik...Becarfuulo! |
Re: Why Don’t Women Care About Politics? by Emmyk(m): 10:44pm On Mar 31, 2015 |
They are participating now more... compared to previous years. |
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