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LINK Half of white women continue to vote Republican. What's wrong with them? | Moira Donegan | Opinion | The Guardian

I find this very surprising, I would have thought the progressive ideology would be more popular among women. Perhaps people here can explain what this means?

Denker 7 Nov 9
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Many of the white women I know are all bound up in the right-to-life movement, and they vote republican because they want a conservative judiciary. Many of them are brainwashed by their churches to follow the party line and worry about the unborn, while they say to hell with all the kids already here and in need.

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The pull of racism is simply greater than the push of sexism. That's what it means.

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Yeah ,they suffer from common sense and they think for themselves

Any woman who votes republican right now HAS no common sense or is capable of rational thinking imo

Hert-De-Duhr! ?

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I just don't get this. Never have and still don't. But let's face it, it's older white people generally who support Trump, men and women, hanging on to the world they knew fast changing, fearful of non white groups finding their voice and standing up, regressing into the autocratic fantasy that Trump provides that seems to ameliorate their fear. So much of human behaviour is based on fear. That said, how any woman of intelligence with any self respect can support a creep like Trump is totally beyond me. The old white guy Trump supporter I kind of get, but women, no, not so much.

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Maybe they feel that supporting the traditional white male benefits them more in terms of the traditional family of which white people comprise the most in America and as Republicans. This might be the same across all races and societies. It might also be subliminal tribalism.

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Religious oppression. They grow up christian and conservative, usually they stay Christian and conservative. Never underestimate the power of youthful indoctrination. If a women becomes indoctrinated at a young age, everything she percieves from that point on will be from a religious perspective until it foundationalizes. The tole that takes on a persons rationality is heavy. So much so that a person will deny blatant facts because it doesnt match the preconceptions that have been hammered into their heads. So as a result we have women voting against their own interest strictly on the basis that their religion is telling them to. They don't care about the candidate, only about the fact that theyre republican and theyre "supposed" to vote for Republicans.

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I'm not sure it's the influence of what their husbands or men think about them. Any woman can vote for a Democrat and just say they voted for the Republican. I believe it has more to do with their racism and perceived image of privilege inherent in the delusion that whatever bad circumstance they witness happening to others would never happen to them. The other made bad decisions to have IT happen to them. They even deserved IT.

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Why do people vote against their own self interest? Beats me!

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My women friends who are white and vote Republican do so out of fear mostly. They feel very uncomfortable in many places that I never give a second thought to going to. If there are people of color it's a no go with them, even during the day. They say they are not racist but how many racists admit it, none.

@Morganfreeman True story, they also are afraid to camp in tents because they can't lock them, at a campground mind you! Fear runs deep!

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Husbands!

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Maybe nothing? I remember back in the late 70s-early 80s the ERA movement seemed a sure thing to pass, until WOMEN started bringing up the fact that equality means equality, not pick the good and leave the bad stuff to the men (selective service, combat deployments, dangerous jobs, alimony, child custody preference). I'm not republican nor democrat...some things in both party platforms I agree with, some I do not. Perhaps the reason they vote republican is they agree with some platform topics in both, but feel the most important things are addressed by the party they vote for?

Very good points. You can still see this today. When it was pointed out clearly they recognized their privilege and didn't want to be held responsible for the things they didn't want to do.

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I think this section of the article is quite poignant, but I would also defer to what white women who read this whole thing have to say. They'd know better than I.

"In her book Right Wing Women, the feminist Andrea Dworkin wrote that conservative women often conform to the dominant ideologies of the men around them as part of a subconscious survival strategy, hoping that their conservatism will spare them from male hatred and violence. It doesn’t work, she says. They suffer sexist oppression anyway. But the strategy continues. “Most women cannot afford, either materially or psychologically, to recognize that whatever burnt offerings of obedience they bring to beg protection will not appease the angry little gods around them.” Participating in racism does not exempt white women from sexism, as much as they might hope that it will. It merely corrodes their souls in the process."

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Many identify as classical liberal, and reluctantly vote GOP to avoid supporting regressive leftism. The Democrats need to get their act together.

Regressive leftism?

@CommonHuman Regressive Leftism is hijacking the agendas of the U.S. Democratic party and the Liberal Party of Canada.

@CommonHuman You're not up to date on the latest buzzwords the cool kids following the Intellectual Dark Web are using? 🙂

Anyway, Regressive = Conservative

@CommonHuman, @PBuck0145 For anyone that wants to know a little more about Dave Rubin and the IDW marketing collective.

"There’s a high probability that [Dave Rubin] is either cynical or stupid." -Bari Weiss, Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web

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@AlPastor The IDW contributors are supporters of free speech, and currently are a more reliable source of truth than are the MSM.

"regressive leftism?" you sure sound like a trump lover

@Xena You need to get your hearing checked.

@PBuck0145 fascinating how hostile MALES become in these situations. I THINK... me, I... despise that sexist asinine song as many women have and still do. You're a male so of course you love it. Poor male ego

@Xena Your claim to be a freethinker is self-deceptive.

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Back in 2000, I was leaving a university building one day, and overheard a conversation between two young women:"Who did you vote for?" "I voted for George Bush!" "Why?" "Because my Daddy told me to!"

I was that girl once. I figured that my parents knew more about it than I did so I voted for Reagan. Big mistake! I really liked Jimmy Carter, I felt he was a good person who actually sounded a lot like my parents so I couldn't figure out why they didn't like him. Voting was not a good experience I waited in line for 2 hours. But I started to pay attention and when Reagan was racking up the national debt like a wild man I didn't vote for him again and after going through the "I'm voting for the person not the party" strategy only to realize that now they are their party, they are not independent in any stretch of the word. I vote all blue now, I like the planks of the democratic party much better. I really like the candidates who don't take PAC money after learning about where all the dark money comes from and what the goals behind it are. I think young people are getting much more woke with all the shootings, costs of college, healthcare, and damage to the environment. I'm counting on them to be ready to take the reins earlier than past generations.

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