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Michelle Irving
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Post Doc at PSU in Poli Sci & WGSS depts. Rutgers PhD in Political Science. She/her.
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In "The Effects of Parental Leave on Attitudes Toward the State," Elin Naurin and co-authors (including @poliscimonica.bsky.social & @dietlinds.bsky.social ) investigate the different gendered effects of parental leave on policy attitudes in 🇸🇪.

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Research Article: "The Effects of Parental Leave on Attitudes Toward the State" by Elin Naurin, Elias Markstedt, Monica C. Schneider, Mary-Kate Lizotte and Dietlind Stolle. Abstract begins:Social role theorists argue that the roles that people inhabit and their experiences within can alter their attitudes. We use Swedish panel data to demonstrate how involvement in the parental role changes attitudes toward government policies differently for fathers and mothers. For fathers who take parental leave, the caregiving activities accompanying this leave conflict with stereotypical masculine experiences and such counter-stereotypical engagement should be transformative. We find that fathers who take more parental leave favor care provided by the state. For mothers, we hypothesize and find that the caregiving role during parental leave confirms a female-typical role, resulting in small effects that are not significant.
March 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Great to see our research @leahruppanner.bsky.social cited in @theguardian.com today! @chloehamilton.bsky.social very cool experiment. "if long-term change is the objective, talking about it with your partner isn’t just recommended, it is essential" 👏

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘I feel like I’m on holiday!’ Inside our week-long mental load marriage swap
He walks the dog and does the cleaning and finances, she organises all the meals and responds to family WhatsApps. Would their household fall apart if they changed places?
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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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...

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Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life - Volume 55
doi.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life - cup.org/415K3gp

- @annanhelgoy.bsky.social & @anacweeks.bsky.social

"experiment finds a strong negative effect of mental load priming on intentions to engage in politics and at work"

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BJPolS abstract from a scholarly article discussing the impact of private sector inequalities on public life and policy, with a focus on household labor and gender equality.
February 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM