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Do female representatives participate less often in legislative debates, and does it matter which topic is debated? Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus answer this question by analyzing speechmaking among members of parliament in seven European countries.
The results show that female members are under-represented in legislative debates, especially when debates deal with topics that can be characterized as masculine.
Read more about the results in the article “When Do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates”, which was recently published in the journal “Political Studies”.
The article can be found on journals.sagepub.com
