The results of their statistical analysis suggest that women are less likely to become ministers when deviating from the party line in parliamentary debates. This suggests that women are more harshly judged when they are not seen as being “loyal” to the party.
The researchers write more about their results in the article “Double Standards: The Role of Gender and Intraparty Politics in Swedish Cabinet Appointments”, which was recently published in the journal Politics & Gender.
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