Differences between women and men in perceptions of security threats are firmly established in public opinion research, with the ‘male warrior’ and the ‘worried woman’ two well-documented stereotypes. Yet, we argue in this article, the differences are not as well understood as such labels, or the search for explanations, imply. One reason for this is the lack of dialogue between public opinion research and feminist security studies. In bringing the two fields into conversation by analysing mixed methods research data gathered in Britain, we suggest that while the extent of the gender gap in opinions of security is overstated, the gaps that do exist are more complex than previously allowed: men and women define ‘security’ in slightly different ways; women tend to identify more security threats than men not necessarily because theyfeelmore threatened but due to a greater capacity to consider security from perspectives beyond their own; women are more confident about the government's ability to deal with security threats in the future but not simply because of greater faith in government than men. This complexity implies a need to revisit assumptions, methods, and analytical approaches in order to develop the field of gender and security further.

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男性战士和忧心忡忡的女性？了解性别和对安全威胁的看法

在舆论研究中，女性和男性对安全威胁的看法存在差异，“男性战士”和“忧心忡忡的女性”是两个有据可查的刻板印象。然而，我们在本文中争辩说，这些差异并没有像这些标签或寻找解释所暗示的那样被很好地理解。造成这种情况的一个原因是舆论研究和女权主义安全研究之间缺乏对话。在通过分析在英国收集的混合方法研究数据将这两个领域纳入对话时，我们认为，虽然安全观点中的性别差距被夸大了，但确实存在的差距比以前允许的要复杂得多：男性和女性定义“安全”的方式略有不同；女性往往比男性识别出更多的安全威胁，这并不一定是因为她们感觉受到更大威胁，但由于有更大的能力从他们自己以外的角度考虑安全；女性对政府未来应对安全威胁的能力更有信心，但这不仅仅是因为对政府的信心高于男性。这种复杂性意味着需要重新审视假设、方法和分析方法，以进一步发展性别和安全领域。