Do Political Women Represent Women? Views of Discrimination and Representation Among Female and Male Mayors in Québec

International Review of Women and Leadership, 2, 1, 1996: 34-46.

ABSTRACT
The aim of this article was to investigate how Québec female and male mayors perceive the role of women in politics. The basic hypothesis was that gender does influence opinions about the experience of women in local politics. As predicted, female mayors are more likely than their male colleagues to support a feminist point of view. This general conclusion should be qualified, however, since women and men are not systematically polarised on each of the topics, and female mayors differ among themselves.