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Article: The gender gap in Canada: now you see it now you don't.
- Article from:
- The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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For several decades, scholars have identified differences in men's and women's attitudes toward issues dealing with force and violence, social welfare, and feminism and equality (Shapiro and Mahajan, 1986; Carroll, 1988; Wearing and Wearing, 1991). These studies reveal that women are less inclined than men to choose violent options on issues of foreign or domestic force, more inclined to take pro-social welfare positions and, depending upon the issue, more inclined to support feminism and equality policies. What has not attracted much attention is an apparent widening of gender gaps in some of these areas (Shapiro and Mahajan, 1986; Dietch, 1988).
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