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anacweeks.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Bath, author of Making Gender Salient: From Gender Quota Laws to Policy bit.ly/3wzcTGM. Editor, LSQ. gender quotas, parties, gender & far right, mental load #academicmama https://anacweeks.github.io/
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How should we study party polarization in Europe? Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)

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Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics

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How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out. doi.org/10.1017/S000... 🧵 1/9

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I am one of over 900 political scientists who signed this statement to express our "urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy." drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2... Political scientists, you can sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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I am one of more than 750 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

submitted 9 days ago • 82 comments

CAWP is proud to announce the 2025 call for applications for the Ruth B. Mandel Dissertation Research Awards. These awards support dissertation research on women, gender, and U.S. politics.

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Do citizens stereotype Muslims as inherently homophobic? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 doi.org/10.1017/S000... Spoiler: Yes. 🧵

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

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We at @worldpolitics.bsky.social mourn the loss of brilliant scholar and editorial board member, Mala Htun. Read about her career and commitment to her students and university here www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

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Thinking of my dear friend Mala Htun. www.abqjournal.com/news/article...

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Now with page numbers! Don't miss @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social 's excellent book on gender differences in political attitudes and how they influence party voting in Western democracies.

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‼️ Hiring‼️ One postdoctoral position in my ERC Consolidator in Madrid. Application deadline: end of February. Job ad & details: tinyurl.com/3dwm96kb Come and join me and my team in sunny Madrid for 5 years of intensive research and lots of publications, traveling, and fun! Please share widely.

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🌟 Save the date of our @geypog.bsky.social seminar 12th February on Gender Inequalities in Academia! 🌟 h 2 pm online. Registration needed here: geypo.es/event/geypo-...

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Studies find mothers carry 71% of the mental load and a causal link between mental load and women's participation in public life. This load "takes up more space in their minds & crowds out the ability or desire to take on additional responsibility at work. fortune.com/2024/12/20/w...

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"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes

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A nice article bringing the neuroscience perspective to our research on gender divisions in the mental load 🤯 By the way, does anyone know if it is more or less true that we can typically remember 7 things at a time? Ref: Miller 1956. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...

submitted 73 days ago • 2 comments

I wrote a blog about our @leahruppanner.bsky.social new paper on gender divisions in daily vs episodic domestic mental load -- check it out below! Ours is the first quantitative study of different dimensions of cognitive household labor on a large sample (N=3000) representative of US parents.

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

‘Do mothers bear more of the ‘mental load’ at home?’ asks Dr. @anacweeks.bsky.social in our latest blog. 🔗Read more here: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2024... #GenderRoles #MentalLoad #HouseholdWork

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

🧠👩‍👦Household mental load: 71% on mums A new study reveals mums handle 71% of the 'invisible' thinking work at home, from meal planning to childcare. Dads focus more on occasional tasks like finances. Why does this mental load still divide by gender? 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jomf... #SciComm #Parenting 🧪

submitted 75 days ago • 3 comments

New Gender Update out in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. With data from the new wave of the EES, I show a strong increase in support for the far right among young voters. Especially the share of young men who consider voting for the far right has exploded. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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A new study from the University of Bath reveals that mothers take on 7 in 10 household tasks, shouldering the "mental load". From organising schedules to keeping the home running smoothly, this invisible work often goes unnoticed but can lead to burnout. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

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