Leading or Cheery-leading

the Gender Gap in Political Smiles

Se Jin Koo

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Abstract

The socially-ascribed devaluation of women’s status persists in many countries across varying levels of development and democracy. In these various settings, women are often assumed to make others feel comfortable by, for instance, smiling. However, the empirical evidence supporting the operation of gender stereotypes in political spheres is inconclusive. To fill this gap, this study addresses the questions of (1) whether women candidates smile more than their male peers and (2) whether smiling equally helps female and male candidates win elections. For the purposes of this study, a biometric artificial intelligence (AI) application detecting facial emotions in images is used to measure smiles. The results demonstrate that female candidates smile more than male candidates in elections and that women are more incentivized to smile, especially when they run an electoral race with many competing candidates, suggesting that the role of gender stereotypes in elections grows as the information cost increases.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPolitical Psychology
Publication statusSubmitted - 2019

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Koo, S. J. (2019). Leading or Cheery-leading: the Gender Gap in Political Smiles. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Leading or Cheery-leading : the Gender Gap in Political Smiles. / Koo, Se Jin.

In: Political Psychology, 2019.

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Koo, SJ 2019, 'Leading or Cheery-leading: the Gender Gap in Political Smiles', Political Psychology.
Koo SJ. Leading or Cheery-leading: the Gender Gap in Political Smiles. Political Psychology. 2019.
Koo, Se Jin. / Leading or Cheery-leading : the Gender Gap in Political Smiles. In: Political Psychology. 2019.
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