Thank you Stefanie, it was a lovely ceremony!

Thank you Jon!!

Thank you Bilyana!!

@valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social, @bpetrova.bsky.social, @indubioproreto.bsky.social, @cc-tp.bsky.social, and many others for their comments! 9/9

Thank you to the two anonymous reviewers at PRQ, @feisenring.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @anacweeks.bsky.social, @jbslapin.bsky.social, @lucasleemann.bsky.social, Daphne van der Pas, @jesperlindqvist.bsky.social, @mabreyer.bsky.social, @dpzollinger.bsky.social, 8/9

The results also suggest that women legislators are perceived as advocates for women’s interests; a female-majority body may be interpreted as a shift toward policies aligned with those interests, potentially marking a departure from a male-dominated agenda. 7/9

These findings indicate that fears of negative male reactions should not hinder efforts to advance gender parity. They also carry important implications for the design of mechanisms—such as quota laws—to ensure balanced gender representation. 6/9


Gender parity does not signal to men that institutions address their interests less. However, once men are under-represented, they perceive a reduction in output generated in their favor. Furthermore, men, on average, perceive gender parity as the fairest scenario. 5/9

In a well-powered factorial survey experiment fielded in the UK, I manipulate gender representation alongside the representation of age groups, classes, ethnic groups, and ideological camps. I use a treatment for men’s under-representation modeled on real cases (e.g. Finnish government). 4/9

I examine how different levels of gender representation—(1) over-representation of men, (2) parity, and (3) narrow under-representation of men—affect how men expect institutions to represent their interests (i.e., output expectations) and their perceptions of fairness. 3/9

Women’s representation has significantly increased in recent decades. Women have secured half the seats in key decision-making bodies, and in some governments they even outnumber men (e.g., Chile, Finland, and Scotland). 2/9

Thank you Tine for your blazing support! :)