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Are men seen as 'more American' than women?

  • Written by Laura Van Berkel, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cologne
imageProtesters hold signs at the Chicago Women's March in January 2017.John W. Iwanski, CC BY-NC

Women make up 50.8 percent of the U.S. population and have equal voting rights, yet are politically underrepresented. The country has never had a female president or vice president. Only 3.5 percent of Supreme Court justices have been women, and women make...

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