Women Will Save Us

[Nevilledog]

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“It simply feels in this moment that women, more than men, have a clarity about the danger we face and the courage demanded to fight it,” writes @CharlesMBlow.

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Opinion | Women Will Save Us
In the face of recent threats to the country, women have stepped up more than men.
8:35 PM · Jun 29, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/opinion/women-midterm-elections.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytopinion

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Men are pack animals.

Not all of us, of course, but male culture is ordered by hierarchies of power, with the apex being the alpha. It can be toxic and problematic, ill-considered and tribal, but it is also deeply embedded in our society and resistant to modification.

The pack mentality is particularly prevalent in politics, where even men of principle drift toward the centers of gravity.

Donald Trump rose to power, and continues to pose a threat to this country, by pretending to be an alpha male and exploiting the pack behavior of politicians, particularly the Republican men with the most power.

Nothing illustrates pack behavior better than the immediate aftermath of the insurrection: Some Republicans briefly turned on Trump and blamed him, believing him injured and weakened by the episode. But, when he appeared to survive it, they quickly, obsequiously, fell back into line, tails tucked.

Both the men in the Capitol and the man on the street exhibit pack behavior.

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[Demovictory9]

1. K&R

[Funtatlaguy]

2. Thought I'd lookup how women voted in the 2018 midterms

https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2020/09/08/democrats-made-gains-from-multiple-sources-in-2018-midterm-victories/
White women. 50% Dem
Black women. 93% Dem
Hispanic women. 75% Dem

[summer_in_TX]

3. I'll have to look that up, I want to read the whole thing.

Thanks to the OP!

And thanks for the stats, Funtatlaguy.

[cilla4progress]

4. Absolutely,

I subscribe to this.

I am 67. I especially have my eye on young women. Those I know take no prisoners!

[JudyM]

5. Great post.

Thanks for this, Nevilledog.

[Nevilledog]

9. ...

[Kaleva]

6. We will see if a pularity of white women vote D instead of R this election

It will be a Blue Wave if s majority of white women vote D

[Skittles]

7. women have been stepped on more than men

we have always had to step up more

[scarletlib]

8. I have been saying this for quite a while.

Men have ruled the world since recorded history began. What have they brought us? Yes there has been progress but also war, terrorism, brutality and cruelty.

Now, in this moment, the entire earth is on the brink of environmental failure and our rulers who are overwhelmingly men stand by and do nothing.

My theory is that women can do no worse and probably better. At this point the World has nothing to lose by letting us run the joint for a while.