Rebecca Bell-Martin

Our results reveal new info about how gender stereotypes shape judgments of politicians’ fitness for office (4/4)

Benevolent sexists were especially likely to discount counter-stereotypical allegations against women (3/4)

Respondents to a survey experiment were more favorable to women politicians accused of misbehavior contradicting gender stereotypes, relative to men facing identical accusations (2/4)

“A woman wouldn’t really do that!”

Are women and men politicians judged equally for political scandals? Check out our fascinating evidence from Mexico, published in @respol.bsky.social

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Thread re: what Fernanda Quintanilla Domínguez, @brettbessen.bsky.social and I found (1/4)

Honored to receive an Honorable Mention for the LARR - University of Florida Article Award (w/Jerome Marston)!

We are indebted to research participants who shared knowledge about navigating criminal violence and hope to advance dialogue about supporting vulnerable communities.

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We reveal new info. about attitudes toward immigration policy in criminally violent contexts and advance knowledge about the public endorsement of policies to preserve migrant rights and dignity. (5/5)

While other studies emphasize empathy via shared suffering, our evidence with nonvictims reveals the prosocial benefits of empathy are accessible to anyone who can imagine themselves in the shoes of the sufferer. (4/5)

We analyze two conduits of empathy: experiencing crime and imagining oneself in the shoes of a crime victim. Along with crime victims, nonvictims who take the perspective of a victim are more likely to support protecting migrants from crime. (3/5)

Based on nationally representative survey data, we find that empathic perspective taking -- imagining yourself in another's shoes -- is associated with willingness to donate 50 pesos monthly to migrant protection programs. (2/5)

🚨 New article!

Despite evidence that migrants in Latin America are vulnerable to criminal abuse, attitudes about protecting them are split. What explains the relative few inclined to help migrants?

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🧵 re what Alejandro Díaz and I found in 🇲🇽 (1/5)

Esperando la lluvia en el desierto (Mina, Nuevo León) 🇲🇽

Feliciten a Karla y Fernanda, alumnas del Tec de Monterrey,
que recientemente presentaron maravillosos proyectos de inv. sobre la desigualdad de género y la política en 🇲🇽 . Orgullosa de asesorar a alumnas comprometidas con la transformación de su país.

We introduce a new framework that fuses insights from criminal governance, urban violence, and civil war. It helps us understand residents’ reactions to violence, their strategies to persevere, and the agency with which they act.

Based on field research in Medellín and Monterrey, we find that the type of violence residents face – indiscriminate or targeted – informs their self-protection choices. Responding to either type, residents employ distinct repertoires of self-protection to avoid, withstand or confront violence.

Article Alert!

Happily making my Bluesky debut with this article now in print at LARR and a companion Op-Ed at New Humanitarian.

Most of Latin America's residents live in cities. Yet, criminal violence in many cities is increasing. How do residents stay safe?

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