How about the female voice : evaluating the representation of Flemish ministers in newspaper articles

The representation of female politicians has been the subject of numerous studies within feminist media research. They almost unanimously report a numerical underrepresentation of female representatives and more emphasis on their appearance, age, and family life. This generates two primary effects that are detrimental to a modern democratic society. First and foremost, underrepresentation harms the evaluation of officeholders and candidates and, by extension, their chances of election victory or the preservation of their elected office (Goodyear-Grant, 2013). Second, the absence of role models... Mehr ...