GENDER DISPARITIES IN ATTITUDES ABOUT FREE TRADE AND GLOBALIZATION
In the last decades, globalization has provided increasing participation of the Brazilian market in the world economy, presenting itself as an important supplier of inputs, besides attracting foreign investments and receiving large corporations in the country. On balance, this economic movement brings mostly benefits to Brazil. However, there is also a concern about the threats that may present themselves to the local economy, regarding stability, quality of products and services offered, employment, environmental impacts, and competition, among other factors. Therefore, public opinion about the opening of trade is far from unanimous and consensual since different interests permeate.
With the expansion of the role of women in the economy and their significant insertion into the labor market, an analysis from a gender perspective becomes indispensable. Thus, this study aims to analyze the differences in opinion between men and women regarding economic openness and globalization. Based on previous studies and recent opinion polls, we seek to understand why women are less likely to support free trade between nations and more resistant to economic globalization than men.
To achieve this goal, we analyzed serial studies from BRAZIL, THE AMERICAS AND THE WORLD from surveys collected in 2010, 2014, 2018, with 1849, 1881 and 2000 respondents, respectively. The data was analyzed using statistical inferences of linear regression. They had their variables of age, education, marital status, and income isolated in order to obtain more reliable results of women's opinions on the subject.