THE GENDER-GAP IN ATTITUDES TOWARD THE GULF-WAR - A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Citation
C. Wilcox et al., THE GENDER-GAP IN ATTITUDES TOWARD THE GULF-WAR - A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Journal of peace research, 33(1), 1996, pp. 67-82
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
International Relations
Journal title
ISSN journal
00223433
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
67 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3433(1996)33:1<67:TGIATT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Using data from a survey in a number of world cities before the outbre ak of hostilities in the Persian Gulf, we explore the sources and magn itude of the gender gap in support for military action. In most cities there are only modest gender differences in the interpretation of eve nts, in affect toward the major actors, and in support for the goals o f the UN actions, but women are less supportive of military action tha n men in nearly all cities. These differences are statistically signif icant but substantively modest, with men and women differing primarily in the degree of their enthusiasm for the military action. In Lagos a nd Ankara, however, there are no gender differences.