Attitudes toward Gendered Dissent: Evidence from Colombia

• In Event: Dynamics of Protest and Mass Mobilization

Abstract

How do protest characteristics such as demands, composition, affiliations, and tactics affect attitudes towards police management of gendered protests? We articulate two distinct logics of threat: physical threats posing a danger to public safety, and social threats having the potential to undermine the existing social order and traditional gender norms. We argue that people will be less supportive of police restraint in response to protests which might be associated with either threat. Focusing on attitudes toward protests in support of women’s issues in Bogotá, Colombia, we use a face-to-face conjoint survey experiment to test our argument.

Authors

• Erica Susanne De Bruin, Hamilton College

• Gabriella Levy, Brown University

• Livia Isabella Schubiger, ETH Zurich