Kristjan Wager has a very interesting post up, based on a 2005 study.
She finds that women with girls in both countries and men with girls in Canada are significantly more likely to hold feminist views. Warner and Steel (1999) find that US fathers are significantly more likely to support pay equity, comparable worth, affirmative action in regards to gender in employment and Title IX policies if they parent only daughters.
Kristjan summarises the study’s findings and adds his own commentary:
We can probably all think of instances where a person’s stance on one issue is contrary to his or her general political views, because he or she is in some way directly affected by that issue. Vice-president Cheney’s relatively liberal stance on gay rights is an obvious example. Given this, it’s hardly surprising that Washinton reaches the conclusion that the legislators who have a daughter tend to be more progressive than legislators who don’t.
As Kristjan concludes, often with long-serving legislators we have a tried and true record of voting patterns by which to judge their support for various issues. But this data may well be a useful component for feminists and pro-feminists to include in their evaluation of untried political candidates.
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