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Authoritarian Personality and Gender Differences in Gun Control Attitudes
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This paper investigated the gender gap in gun control attitudes and found that women are more likely to support gun control than men, and women are less likely than men to own a gun and to see owning a gun as a moral issue.Abstract:
This article investigates the gender gap in gun control attitudes, in which women are more likely to support gun control than men. Women are less likely than men to own a gun and to see owning guns...read more
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Authoritarianism and Right-Wing Voting in Brazil
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Understanding Interaction Models: Improving Empirical Analyses
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