Is there less corruption when women participate in politics, does corruption have gender?The study by Stens-et, Wonngnerud and Svensson (2015) attempts to answer these questions, identifying a relationship between more women in parliament and greater control over corruption.
Are women less corrupt than men? The simple answer is yes, but there are many nuances in the relationship between gender and corruption.
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- Why are women less corrupt.
- Are they less selfish.
- Do they have more self-control?Or simply don’t they have the same opportunities and aren’t invited to the club where the cake is shared?.
This last question appears to have been answered in the recent study published in the Journal of Economic Behavior
These authors suggest that corruption rates are unlikely to increase when women achieve high social status.
In addition, this study also revealed another important finding; the presence of women in local governments was negatively linked to bribery in an analysis of 17 European countries.
“Taking public office for personal enrichment is no longer immoral, but criminal and abominable. “-Cicero-
Why is it important to have women in positions of power?While gender and corruption information may be ambiguous, the overall benefits of gender diversity are not.
Higher rates of return, lower bankruptcy opportunities and other similar indicators of positive performance are seen in the private sector.
In the public sector, data indicate that the presence of women in elected positions improves the allocation of public resources, on the other hand, the likelihood that the interests of women and children will be represented as legislative priorities.
The political implications of the study point to the need to promote gender equality in general and promote the presence of women in politics in particular. Previous research has shown that a greater presence of women in government is associated with better educational and health outcomes.
“The human being is a mere mortal with flaws and virtues, and does not acquire divine entity because he holds a public office. -Ibiza Melion-
In countries where corruption is the social norm, women who tend to follow social norms more than men can act almost as corruptly as they are, or at least women who rise to political decision-making positions. They don’t feel the need to introduce codes of conduct. conduct or to combat corruption.
In fact, the relationship between women in positions of political responsibility and corruption is disappearing in authoritarian countries, as Esarey and Chirillo show (2013).
A Congolese MP bluntly explained: “In Congo, to survive, we all have to be a little corrupt. Is this the system here?”
However, in countries where, good governance, is it the social norm, the increase in women’s political representation favors them to support legislation that follows this social norm.
This explains why, in contexts such as the European one, where there is clearly corruption, but it is not a social norm in the sense that everyone will accept corrupt behaviour, it is important to encourage women’s political participation to combat this problem.