Today’s political landscape sometimes appears to be neatly divided by gender, with men on the right and women on the left. This is the case both for the US and Canada, and for Western Europe. Superficially, it makes perfect sense: us women like to care, share and stick our noses into other people’s businesses, and men like to cut each other’s throats to get the babes. This may be partly nature, partly nurture. After all, girls are taught to be nice and helpful, while boys are encouraged to compete.
These are broad brush strokes. But this question has garnered some real research, and it appears women have not always been the bleeding-hearted liberals. Edlund and Pande (2002) state that:
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