La persistencia de las diferencias de género en el interés por la política

Abstract

This article explores the role of individual resources, situational factors,
and the socialization process in the persistence of a gender gap
in political dispositions, principally in political interest. We pay special
attention to situational factors, especially those related to the time
devoted to housework and caring responsibilities. Despite the growing
participation of women in the labor market and increasingly comparable
levels of male and female educational attainment, the enduring unequal
sexual division of household tasks reduces women’s time availability
as well as the pool of skills, resources and social networks which could
foster their political engagement, thus helping to sustain the gender gap
in political interest.