Masculinity and gender security The large majority of respondents agree that women and men should be equally engaged in politics. Similarly, they think that women and men equally capable of doing a job in political positions and that women and men should be paid equally. About one-third think that, in reality, women in Albania do not have the same opportunity as men to enter politics. Differently from the capability of women to perform in political positions jobs, two-fifths of the respondents say that women are not capable of working in the military and police jobs. Given the importance of access to politics and policy making in a democratic society, the citizens were asked to respond to the following questions:“ Should women and men be equally engaged in politics?”,“Do you think that in reality women in Al bania have the same opportunity as men to enter politics?”,“Are women and men equally capable of doing a job/working in political positions?”. Only a very small majority of about 5% of respondents do not support equal engagement of men and women in politics. A majority of 64.7% fully supports equal engagement and 26.1% tend to think so. Should women and men be equally engaged in politics? 64.7 26.1 4.8 4.0 0.4 Yes Lean Yes Lean No No Don’t know Graph 74. Whether women and men should be equally engaged in politics Similarly, the majority of the respondents think that women and men are equally capable of doing a job in political position. The percentage of women who think so is slightly higher but no considerable difference is observed in the responses based on the gender of the respondents. 71