• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Couldn’t care less what’s in Trump’s or Harris’s pants, nor whether or not voting for either is ‘manly’.

    I don’t want a fucking Nazi in the white house; and Harris’s policy stances are for the most part ones that the US needs.

    I could see gender becoming a factor as a tie breaker if all else were equal, just for representation sake, but all else is not equal: another Trump presidency would be disastrous for way more than just the US, vs Harris being actually qualified for the job. There is no contest here.

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    4 months ago

    “I don’t see why any man would vote Democrat. It’s not the party of virtue, security. It’s not the party of strength,” Watters said, shortly after White Dudes for Harris held a call with more than 190,000 participants. Watters added: “I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman.”

    Uh… what? Are we sure this isn’t a The Onion article?

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    Almost every time I read an article from a liberally coded publication of how gender affects political affiliation, it comes off as both hopelessly out of touch and extremely patronizing.

    I feel like this article fundamentally misunderstands the issues it is trying to claim expertise on. There was no discussion of the very real struggles men face today. There was also extremely limited discussion on how young men vs older men view gender in politics, a genuine answer on why conservative claims of masculinity under attack resonate with Gen Z men in particular, or a discussion of how some liberals behave in a sexist way themselves.

    The part about “benevolent sexism” was downright insulting. A huge complaint among younger conservative men is “benevolent sexism” towards women in the democratic party. Even a lot of liberals will admit that there’s way too much of the “women are wonderful” effect going around without any real checks on biases.

    This is all of course coming from the guardian, which has had some of the most insufferable takes on gender over the past decade. It’s frustrating enough when some op ed shames every single man for the actions of a few, like the guardian did with catcalling. It’s on another level when they then publish another article by the same author where she complains about not being catcalled after 30 somehow blames men for that too.

    I personally think Trump will underperform with men. I specifically think he himself doesn’t understand the issues young men have, a small minority of his older base have his tuned out without telling anyone, his surrogates focus on the wrong things, and his turnout machine is gonna end up being trash. However I think that going forward democrats will have to put in real genuine work to win over male voters, and that will require acknowledging some uncomfortable truths that they are unable to do.

    As a sidenote, I encourage everyone to read Christine Emba’s op-ed in the Washington Post. It provides a lot better a framework on what’s happening.