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Discovery of the day · Political Science
Too burdensome to be acknowledged? How sexism is rendered invisible to women candidates through seven mechanisms
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Key finding
Political Science · Gender & Representation
Discovery of the day
A new inductive study of 21 interviews with women candidates in Belgium’s 2024 elections identifies seven distinct mechanisms that make sexism invisible even to the women who experience it. Researchers found that these mechanisms — ranging from normalization to self-blame — allow discrimination to persist in political life without being formally acknowledged or challenged. For a writer exploring the sociology of power and a retired public servant who values equity in institutions, this work reveals how systemic bias can quietly reproduce itself within democratic systems.
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