Neither Penalised nor Prized: Feminist Legislators, Women’s Representation, and Career Paths in Argentina
; Piscopo, Jennifer M. Otros responsables
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10/2019
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SAGE Publications
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Journal of Politics in Latin America
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1866-802X
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De acuerdo con un saber convencional, los líderes partidistas penalizan a las legisladoras que abogan por la igualdad de género. En este artículo ponemos a prueba este supuesto utilizando el caso de Argentina. Para ello, planteamos dos preguntas. Primero, ¿quiénes cuentan como legisladoras feministas y cómo se puede identificarlas? Segundo, ¿estas legisladoras tienen trayectorias que indiquen marginalización o penalización política? Utilizamos datos de autoría de proyectos de ley y una encuesta a expertos para identificar legisladores (ambos sexos) que (i) impulsan demandas feministas y (ii) abogan por los derechos o el bienestar de las mujeres, aunque no necesariamente desde una perspectiva feminista. Al comparar ambos subconjuntos con la población general del Congreso argentino, no encontramos diferencias significativas en las carreras políticas. Muchas feministas ocupan posiciones legislativas prestigiosas, pero no son penalizadas ni recompensadas al finalizar su mandato. De hecho, cuando culminan su mandato las mujeres que representan a mujeres no logran los puestos políticos más jerarquizados, ni desaparecen de la vida pública.
The conventional wisdom holds that party leaders punish women legislators who advocate for gender equality. We test this assumption using the Argentine case, asking two questions. First, who counts as a feminist legislator and how do we know? Second, do feminist legislators have career trajectories that indicate marginalisation or penalisation? We use bill authorship data and expert surveys to identify legislators of both sexes who champion feminist causes and who adopt a gendered, though not necessarily feminist, perspective. Comparing these categories of legislators to those in the general population, we find no meaningful differences in political careers by either legislators’ gender or policy profile. In fact, many feminist champions hold prestigious positions while in congress, but this political capital results neither in punishment nor reward after congress. Women who represent women do not go on to the top posts after congress, but neither do they disappear from public life.
The conventional wisdom holds that party leaders punish women legislators who advocate for gender equality. We test this assumption using the Argentine case, asking two questions. First, who counts as a feminist legislator and how do we know? Second, do feminist legislators have career trajectories that indicate marginalisation or penalisation? We use bill authorship data and expert surveys to identify legislators of both sexes who champion feminist causes and who adopt a gendered, though not necessarily feminist, perspective. Comparing these categories of legislators to those in the general population, we find no meaningful differences in political careers by either legislators’ gender or policy profile. In fact, many feminist champions hold prestigious positions while in congress, but this political capital results neither in punishment nor reward after congress. Women who represent women do not go on to the top posts after congress, but neither do they disappear from public life.
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