Are there any objectives of feminism that cross party lines?

[Baitball Blogger]

Last edited Fri Feb 27, 2015, 01:39 AM - Edit history (1)

This might appear to be a question that has a simple answer, but I suspect it will prove more complicated than it appears.

I'm just wondering if the private business organizations, which are becoming a cross-over for women of both parties, are going to create personal conflicts.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Kicked for the morning crowd.

Just wanted to add, that even if no one wants to talk about it, this question might help explain why even a feminist would have trouble reaching out to minority voters if that feminist didn't have a strong track record supporting minority issues.

[NuclearDem]

2. I imagine addressing the issue of gender roles could cross over.

Regardless of political philosophy, breaking down the ridiculous relegation of certain roles to men or women creates a lot of undue stress on both genders.

[el_bryanto]

3. It is an interesting question

It goes to how far have the goals of the Feminist movement been absorbed into mainstream thought. I'd like to think that the bulk of Republicans support, in theory, equal pay for equal work, but I'm not sure they do. Or, to put it another way, I'm sure that many Republicans don't want woman working outside the home. But others, particularly Republican women, probably are in favor of equal pay for equal work.

You also have the issue of how much they have to pay lip service to the tea-partiers and religious conservatives. I think that many affluent blue state Republicans don't really like being the party that keeps woman down, but since they need those votes for their repressive economic agenda, they have to pretend. On a practical level it makes no difference whether they are pretending to try to keep women down or whether they actually mean it.

I guess I think it's hard to judge how much crossover potential there really is.

Bryant