The Sadness of Women Who Still Vote Republican

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18. Two excellent comments posted to his article

Andra Watkins
As someone who grew up in Christian Nationalism, I will add one thing to the excellent insights here. Many of these women participate in oppressing other women because THEY resent the choices those women have, choices they lack or believe they cannot make. Envy, jealousy and resentment are big emotions. They make humans do despicable things.


Susan Riggs
This is not new at all. I'm not an expert, but I have listened to people who are experts on systemic racism and white supremacy, who talk about the complicity of white women in slavery and racism. It has to do with proximity to power. Women who don't want to rock the boat must cooperate with the boat, and they find a type of substitute power from hanging around and supporting men who oppress women and minorities. Many white women were actively involved in upholding slavery and Jim Crow, the KKK, and lynchings. Supporting Trump is just a new form of supporting oppression. Unfortunately it will damage them, as you say, but confronting reality is too scary in any given moment. Loving people while also confronting them with other views (and outvoting them) is what we can do, and it won't reach everyone affected by propaganda and fear. But it will reach some.

There are many other excellent responses.