Why
“I cried because I
don’t even know what it feels like to be taken seriously—not fully, not in that
whole, unequivocal, confident way that’s native to handshakes between men. I
cried because it does things to you to always come second.
Whatever your personal opinion of the Clintons, as
politicians or as human beings, that dynamic is real. We, as a culture, do not
take women seriously on a profound level. We do not believe women. We do not
trust women. We do not like women. I understand that many men cannot see it,
and plenty more do not care.”
Women
“It's not that the
Democratic Party hasn't served the needs of these women; it's that patriarchal
authority is an evangelical norm and a conservative value, and many women
adhere to it, too. Women are vastly outnumbered in leadership roles in
evangelical institutions. And women without college degrees, who voted for
Trump in large numbers, are also more likely to be stay-at-home moms, dependent
on a husband's income.
The conservative evangelical vision of America, so
mainstreamed into the Republican Party, sees white women as delicate, maternal,
and dependent, not authoritative and powerful. Trump knows this, and he plays
on this racialized gender anxiety.”
Why
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