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This article evaluates the political gender gap between men and women; traditionally women have been more conservative than men and less likely to participate in politics; however, modern gender gaps consist of women being more left wing. The authors use data from the World Values Survey from the early-1980s through the mid-1990s to find if there is any cleavage between these two positions; results reveal that women are moving to the left of men politically, except in post-communist and developing countries, mainly due to cultural and structural factors.