Voters less likely to support female politicians wearing masks: survey

Voters are less likely to support female politicians when they are wearing face masks, while there was no such effect for their male counterparts, a study by a Japanese university research team showed.The findings, published last month ahead of the Feb. 8 general election, underscored the differences in how the public perceived politicians following the COVID-19 pandemic, when wearing masks became more common for politicians across the world."Differences in how masked faces are perceived could work against women candidates," said Kiho Muroga, an associate professor on labor economics at Kyu…READ FULL ARTICLE