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Writing “Home” in a Pandemic: The Prevalence of Gendered Topics in Congressional COVID-19 Communications

Writing “Home” in a Pandemic: The Prevalence of Gendered Topics in Congressional COVID-19... AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic had a disparate impact across populations leaving questions about gendered representation in Congress. We ask whether women and men in Congress wrote “home” about COVID-19 at the same rates and if their attention on gendered topics such as childcare, schooling, and care-taking differed even when the issue space was significantly narrowed. We argue members of Congress use gendered and partisan lenses to frame their positions around the pandemic. We find both parties send a similar number of COVID-19 related messages and that women compared to men – within each party – focus on areas traditionally associated with women’s care-taking duties. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Forum de Gruyter

Writing “Home” in a Pandemic: The Prevalence of Gendered Topics in Congressional COVID-19 Communications

The Forum , Volume 20 (2): 18 – Jul 1, 2022

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de Gruyter
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© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
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1540-8884
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1540-8884
DOI
10.1515/for-2022-2058
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Abstract

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic had a disparate impact across populations leaving questions about gendered representation in Congress. We ask whether women and men in Congress wrote “home” about COVID-19 at the same rates and if their attention on gendered topics such as childcare, schooling, and care-taking differed even when the issue space was significantly narrowed. We argue members of Congress use gendered and partisan lenses to frame their positions around the pandemic. We find both parties send a similar number of COVID-19 related messages and that women compared to men – within each party – focus on areas traditionally associated with women’s care-taking duties.

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The Forumde Gruyter

Published: Jul 1, 2022

Keywords: congress; gender politics; COVID-19; congressional communication

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