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Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-srd-10.1177_23780231221124574 for Effects of Mandatory Sexual Misconduct Training on University Campuses by Mala Htun, Francesca R. Jensenius, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Justine Tinkler and Carlos Contreras in Socius

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-srd-10.1177_23780231221124574 for Effects of Mandatory Sexual Misconduct Training on University Campuses by Mala Htun, Francesca R. Jensenius, Melanie Sayuri Dominguez, Justine Tinkler and Carlos Contreras in Socius

Methodological texts about comparative work have focused overwhelmingly on controlled comparisons aimed at causal inference. To show the range of possible goals and approaches, this piece reflects on our own choices while studying the state and women's empowerment in Norway, Japan, and the United States. We show how our research design evolved with our theoretical thinking, and explain that we did not select comparative "cases," but rather diverse contexts with interesting variation in our main concept of interest. Finally, we discuss how we constructed multi-cultural research teams to take advantage of insider and outsider perspectives during fieldwork.

In scores of countries, the adoption of gender quotas has boosted the numbers of women elected to national legislatures. How does the growing presence of women affect legislative behavior regarding women’s rights? Using an original dataset of all the bills submitted to the Argentine Congress between 1983 and 2007, we analyze the relationship between women’s presence in Congress and the introduction and approval of bills related to women’s rights. Our dataset allows us to compare three periods with varying levels of women’s presence in both legislative chambers (the first without quotas, the second with a quota in one chamber, and the third with full quota implementation in both chambers). Our results confirm the necessity of distinguishing between the process of legislative behavior and its outcome. We show that many more women’s rights bills were introduced when women held a greater share of seats in both chambers. However, the approval rates of these bills actually declined. Despite their greater presence, women continue to be marginalized in the legislature and to suffer reduced political efficacy., En un número importante de países, la adopción de las cuotas de género ha incrementado el número de mujeres electas en las legislaturas nacionales. Cómo afecta la creciente presencia de mujeres en el Congreso el comportamiento legislativo respecto de los derechos de la mujer? Mediante el uso de una base de datos de todos los proyectos ingresados al Congreso argentino entre 1983 y 2007, el presente trabajo analiza la relación entre la presencia de las mujeres en el congreso y la introducción y aprobación de proyectos legislativos relacionados con los derechos de la mujer. Nuestra base de datos nos permite comparar tres períodos donde la delegación femenina varió considerablemente en ambas cámaras (uno sin cuotas, otro con cuota solo en la cámara de Diputados y un tercero con plena implementación de las cuotas en ambos cuerpos). Los resultados confirman la importancia de distinguir la actividad legislativa como proceso y como producto, al demostrar que aunque la cantidad de proyectos presentados acerca de los derechos de la mujer aumentó a medida que se incrementó la presencia de las mujeres en ambas cámaras, la tasa de aprobación de dichos proyectos disminuyó. Por consiguiente, pese a su mayor presencia en el Congreso, las mujeres continúan siendo marginadas en el proceso legislativo y su eficacia política termina siendo reducida.