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Women have had the right to vote for a long time. Women could not bring themselves to vote for a woman for President. People talk a lot about Trump but I think

Women have had the right to vote for a long time. Women could not bring themselves to vote for a woman for President. People talk a lot about Trump but I think a lot of people just voted against the other option so it didn't have much to do with Trump to begin with.

tzs 9mo ago
Harris beat Trump by 10 percentage points among women voters. Trump beat Harris by 10 percentage points among men voters. Clinton beat Trump by 15 percentage points among women voters. Trump beat Clinton by 11 percentage points among men voters.
- dominicrose 9mo ago
  Interesting. The Electoral College made the difference then.
- belorn 9mo ago
  Something that may be worth to know, women and men vote different in other countries and especially when it comes to left vs right. Women in Sweden votes with about 10 percentage points more towards left than men, and men vote 11 percentage points more towards right. Looking at the specific parties at far right and far left, around the 2/3 of the far right votes are from men while 2/3 of the far left is women. A lot of research has been made on this subject and it should be noted that its primarily young voters that create this voting pattern.
psychoslave 9mo ago
Having right vote when you belong to some category doesn’t mean having possibility to elect someone in that category. It could be that legally the category of people is not illegible, or are bared from being elected by other practical considerations. Also being part of a social category doesn’t mean one will be immune to bias against this very category if it’s heavily pushed in the dominant social constructs. Actually women able to reach top level political function in a patriarchal system will more likely do so by being doubly virulent against feminist standpoints. Look at Tatcher or Takaichi for a more recent example.

tzs 9mo ago

Harris beat Trump by 10 percentage points among women voters. Trump beat Harris by 10 percentage points among men voters. Clinton beat Trump by 15 percentage points among women voters. Trump beat Clinton by 11 percentage points among men voters.

dominicrose 9mo ago
Interesting. The Electoral College made the difference then.
belorn 9mo ago
Something that may be worth to know, women and men vote different in other countries and especially when it comes to left vs right. Women in Sweden votes with about 10 percentage points more towards left than men, and men vote 11 percentage points more towards right. Looking at the specific parties at far right and far left, around the 2/3 of the far right votes are from men while 2/3 of the far left is women. A lot of research has been made on this subject and it should be noted that its primarily young voters that create this voting pattern.

psychoslave 9mo ago

Having right vote when you belong to some category doesn’t mean having possibility to elect someone in that category. It could be that legally the category of people is not illegible, or are bared from being elected by other practical considerations. Also being part of a social category doesn’t mean one will be immune to bias against this very category if it’s heavily pushed in the dominant social constructs. Actually women able to reach top level political function in a patriarchal system will more likely do so by being doubly virulent against feminist standpoints. Look at Tatcher or Takaichi for a more recent example.