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Гендерные стереотипы как фактор оценки субъектов политического процесса
Gender Stereotypes as Factor of Evaluation of the Political Process Subjects

Author(s): Tatjana Borisovna Riabova
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: Gender stereotypes; gender metaphor; political preferences; image of politician

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the generalities of the gender stereotypes use for the description of the subjects of the political process. Since the power correlates to the masculinity and its attributes (force, reason, will, activity, control, justice) the “Our” politicians and political parties are described in the terms of masculinity and the “Alien” ones in the feminine terms.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 44-52
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian