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History of Feminism

YoungDemCA

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8. I wonder how much of the married-women-voting-Republican phenomenon....

Reply to redqueen (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 12:48 PM

Jan 2014

...is due to religion (specifically, evangelical Protestantism, along with more traditionalist mainline Protestantism, Catholicism, and Mormonism), race (how many non-white women vote Republican? I imagine not a whole lot..), and tied into the previous two: an idealized view of the "traditional" (scare quotes absolutely necessary) nuclear family.

I do agree, though, that this phenomenon only really applies to heterosexual marriages-and to women who marry Republican-voting men.

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misogyny and just not fucking getting it in all its glory [View all] arely staircase Jan 2014 OP

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oh I have thought along the same lines arely staircase Jan 2014 #3

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Part of me thinks they've pushed way too far now, and are on their way out. nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #5

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If only so many women didn't have so much internalized misogyny. redqueen Jan 2014 #7

I wonder how much of the married-women-voting-Republican phenomenon.... YoungDemCA Jan 2014 #8