APSR — pp. 1-13 2026-04-13 Original Reassessing Gendered Reactions to Terrorist Attacks: Slumps or Bumps?
YUSAKU HORIUCHI, MARTHA C. JOHNSON
Abstract
In a recent article published in this journal, Holman, Merolla, and Zechmeister (2022; 2024) report a decrease in support for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May following the 2017 Manchester bombing, using data from the British Election Studies. Our analysis, however, reveals that once a linear time trend is considered, the bombing does not significantly affect public reactions. We replicate their study with Gallup World Poll data and likewise find no decline in May’s approval rating. Extending the analysis, we examine major terrorist attacks in African countries led by men and similarly find no rally effect. Together, these results cast doubt on terrorism’s capacity to trigger rally ’round the flag dynamics and challenge claims of a gendered pattern whereby women leaders face unique penalties in crises. We argue that broader comparative evidence is necessary before concluding whether citizens rally around, or retreat from, leaders in the wake of terrorism.
JOP 88/2 pp. 618-630 2026-04-01 Original “It’s a Gender Thing”: The Wrongdoing of Stereotype Articulation
Lasse Nielsen, Mathilde Cecchini
Abstract
In this article, we study wrongdoing features of discrimination. We develop grounded moral theory as an analytical tool to explore the wrongdoing of stereotype articulations and apply that to cases of stereotype articulation by teachers in primary school. Since cases of wrongful discrimination refer to stereotypes—such as ethnicity and gender—articulations of these stereotypes will expose the wrongdoing features of discrimination. Moreover, focusing on stereotype articulations allows us to get close to the contextual aspects from which the wrongdoing features take form. From our analysis, we conclude: (1) that wrongful discrimination is not one phenomenon but rather a set of different types of wrongdoing, (2) that wrongdoing features such as harm and disrespect, traditionally used to account for wrongful discrimination, are often coexisting and interacting in stereotype articulations in practice, and (3) that the shape of wrongdoing depends on contextual circumstances. We believe this brings novel insights to discrimination theory.
JOP — 2026-03-20
Original Sentiment on the Campaign Trail: Gender Differences in Candidates’ Use of Emotive Language