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Today's top story: How media attention harms female political
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21 December 2023 | |
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In
the TV series The Diplomat, an American woman due to be the
next ambassador in Afghanistan is suddenly moved to the same
position but in the United Kingdom. In fact, she has been
given the promotion to prove she has what it takes to be
vice-president of the United States. During a dialogue between
two of her advisors, they reflect on a woman’s exposure when
she goes into politics: “Is she pretty, but not too pretty?
Appealing, but not hot? Confident, but not bitchy? Decisive,
but not bitchy?”. The other adds: “Cute bitchy, but not bitchy
bitchy.”
Recently,
a group of researchers compiled many studies on how media
representations impact the way female candidates are perceived
compared to their male counterparts. And they have come to groundbreaking
conclusions. Voters, they suggest, are not inherently
biased when it comes to a candidate’s gender. It is actually
media coverage of politicians that proves powerful.
There
has also been a significant breakthrough in female health. An
investigation recently published in Nature has found a
possible cause for the nauseas and vomiting many pregnant
women suffer from. This discovery is crucial to develop
treatments that avoid this situation.
And,
if you’ve ever asked yourself if you should watch films in
original version with subtitles in your mother-tongue to
improve your language skills, here
is the answer.
All
the best, |
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Claudia Lorenzo Rubiera
Culture editor for The Conversation
Spain | |
Daphne Joanna van der Pas, University of
Amsterdam; Loes Aaldering, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam;
Tobias Rohrbach, University of Fribourg
News
coverage focuses on female political candidates’ appearance
and personal lives, disproportionately impacting them at the
ballot box. |
Sam Lockhart, University of Cambridge; Stephen
O'Rahilly, University of Cambridge
New
research has uncovered the hormone that triggers morning
sickness, offering hope for millions of women. |
Xavier Aparicio, Université Paris-Est Créteil Val
de Marne (UPEC)
When
it comes to language learning, not all subtitles are made
equal. |
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François Lévêque, Mines Paris
From
an economic viewpoint, the idea may initially
appeal by appearing to maximise the economic
utility of the receiver. But it suffers from
fundamental flaws. |
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Kyla McKay, Karolinska Institutet;
Elaine Kingwell, UCL
People
who take antiretroviral drugs have a much lower
risk of getting multiple sclerosis – especially
women. |
Juan Castillo Rojas-Marcos,
Universidad Pontificia Comillas; Yoan Molinero
Gerbeau, Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Migrant
workers, despite being an essential part of the
European agricultural workforce, are
systematically exploited. |
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Anneleen Kenis, Brunel University
London; Barbara Van Dyck, Université Libre de
Bruxelles (ULB)
Biotech
firms are using climate goals opportunistically in
an attempt to force through the deregulation of
genetically modified
crops. | | |
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Subject: Voters' gender bias is influenced by media
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