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homegirl

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47. Is It Any wonder That...
Sun Nov 16, 2025, 12:59 PM
Nov 16
Four in ten younger American women are eyeing the exit.  

A record number of young American women are considering a move overseas, according to a new Gallup survey. In this year's poll, 40% of women ages 15 to 44 say they'd move abroad permanently if they had the chance, four times higher than in 2014. The desire to migrate began rising sharply around 2016, when Gallup conducted the poll months before the election, and has remained elevated since, regardless of which party holds the White House. This surge sets younger women apart, creating a 21-point gap with men in the same age bracket—the widest gender gap Gallup has seen in any country. In the 2014 poll, the desire to emigrate was roughly the same across age and gender groups.
Canada is the top destination for those looking to leave, followed by New Zealand, Italy, and Japan. Before 2016, younger women in the US were less likely than their counterparts elsewhere to want to move to a different country. They are now more likely to want to change country than women in other wealthy countries, where the numbers have stayed relatively steady. Younger American men, meanwhile, remain more likely than their peers elsewhere to want to stay put. Axios notes that in countries including Malta and Zambia, around 40% of women want to emigrate, but the figures in those countries are around the same for men.
The desire to leave the US appears to be linked to declining faith in American institutions, Gallup notes. Over the past decade, young women's confidence in the government, judiciary, military, and elections has dropped more sharply than in any other group. The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, may have played a part in this, with confidence in the judiciary falling from 55% in 2015 to 32% in 2025 among young women. However, the desire to migrate began rising well before that ruling.

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Attorneys are officers of the court and have a duty to warn and protect? Irish_Dem Nov 15 #1
Not sure the word "ethics" is in the GOP vocabulary. walkingman Nov 15 #2
only poor ethics!!! overleft Nov 15 #7
Is there a good antonym for "ethics"? lastlib Nov 15 #21
It use to be "GOP party platform", but I think they dropped the whole idea of a platform when Anus Orange was running.n eppur_se_muova Nov 16 #24
You're right. lastlib Nov 16 #43
Is It Any wonder That... homegirl Nov 16 #47
Wow, that could be an OP by itself ... important, and under the radar (so far). nt eppur_se_muova Nov 16 #53
Yes, please do make this an OP (if you have not already). nt Blasphemer Nov 17 #69
.Omygod you can feel the hand of Gilead reaching out to close the gate Maru Kitteh Nov 17 #70
One name pops-up loud and clear --- ALEX ACOSTA Escurumbele Nov 16 #58
He wasn't appointed Secretary of Labor on merit. Sneederbunk Nov 16 #59
So many people who were/are caught up in this horror MerryBlooms Nov 15 #3
Should be the standard for all malfeasance when cachukis Nov 15 #4
And here is corollary to what you said AZJonnie Nov 15 #5
AZjonnie jaymac Nov 15 #6
This whole freaking thing is disgusting so it's hard to get into certain details without it sounding bad AZJonnie Nov 16 #27
Epstein wasn't acting alone, Ghislaine Maxwell ran a lot of it. That being said I don't think it was LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #16
Here's 27 other Epstein victims besides Virginia BeerBarrelPolka Nov 15 #19
And which of them have gone on record and said they were attacked by someone other than Epstein? AZJonnie Nov 16 #25
Wow BeerBarrelPolka Nov 16 #26
Can you present a quote from an Epstein victim OTHER than Virginia Giuffre AZJonnie Nov 16 #28
Here is a sample BeerBarrelPolka Nov 16 #31
Did Jane Doe say in her court filing that Epstein told her to have sex with men other than himself? AZJonnie Nov 16 #32
I'm done with you BeerBarrelPolka Nov 16 #33
You proved that a reporter characterized what happened as trafficking, and I explained how that word AZJonnie Nov 16 #57
sworn statement: blm Nov 16 #45
Whatever happened with the attempt to get a protective order? Callie1979 Nov 16 #48
Is this part of the Katie Johnson case? AZJonnie Nov 16 #55
Hard worker! dpibel Nov 15 #23
I think the poster is asking why the victims haven't given up a list of rapists yet. Callie1979 Nov 16 #50
Thank you, yes. And fundamental point I'm making is that if someone is going to be committing crimes AZJonnie Nov 16 #54
What part of blackmail is hard to understand? dpibel Nov 16 #65
I didn't say he was bragging about it, where are you getting that? AZJonnie Nov 17 #66
TBH, I can't make sense of what you're saying dpibel Nov 17 #67
Okay, friend. AZJonnie Nov 17 #68
I've seen it all now. Brenda Nov 16 #29
You are misreading my point, which is purely in the context that we do not know for sure what the men believed AZJonnie Nov 16 #30
Kompromat somethingshiny Nov 16 #35
I want to see the business records because there is no way in hell Trump would travelingthrulife Nov 16 #40
Gross. travelingthrulife Nov 16 #39
Oh boy do you have a lot to learn or just ok with destroying a young persons life emotionally Stargazer99 Nov 16 #44
I am absolutely not okay with destroying a young persons life emotionally AZJonnie Nov 16 #60
Michael Wolfe comes to mind, also. debsy Nov 15 #8
How a journalist could look themselves in the face markodochartaigh Nov 15 #20
This exactly right! Thank you, PeaceWave! HeartsCanHope Nov 15 #9
Trump pals around with pedophiles. W_HAMILTON Nov 15 #10
On Knowing And Not Acting gfarber Nov 15 #11
You should repost as an OP in the poetry group. This is wonderful. ms liberty Nov 16 #37
Do his QAnon supporters still think he's going to save the children from a global cabal? IronLionZion Nov 15 #12
Complicit? It was his business, after his business partner had that accident. usonian Nov 15 #13
No way DJT's the sole owner, but he undoubtedly has info on some clients. Also clear Putin has blackmail LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #15
Netenyahu has kompromat as well RainCaster Nov 16 #34
Probably does have Kompromat on trump but he's still in power because of Israeli politics and Oct 7th LymphocyteLover Nov 16 #36
One line of defense that MAGAts have used is that Trump was the one who turned in Epstein to the authorities LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #14
Just saw that one today. Along with "trumps been working with authorities" Callie1979 Nov 16 #61
LOL! LymphocyteLover Nov 16 #62
PeaceWave is talking specifically to all of you FBI agents on the redaction squad. flashman13 Nov 15 #17
Exactly. These agents reviewed every page and flagged it for Trump references travelingthrulife Nov 16 #42
What Trump did is on him Red Mountain Nov 15 #18
EXACTLY! MAGA is putting a lot of energy into what was legal vs what is moral not admitting neither is good. Trump Knew uponit7771 Nov 15 #22
Were all the victims female? Occasionally I'll hear speculation otherwise... QueerDuck Nov 16 #38
I thought you were going to say that pedo Trump Farmer-Rick Nov 16 #41
THIS should be part of every statement by every public figure Scrivener7 Nov 16 #46
What most people forget mgardener Nov 16 #49
You've got a nice family there, sure would hate to see anything happen to them. aeromanKC Nov 16 #51
How many NDA's and 'settlements'? pfitz59 Nov 16 #52
"What did you know about Donald Trump molesting children and when did you know it" Uncle_Remus Nov 16 #56
Every single GQP politician should be labeled as a "pedophile protector", merely because Jack Valentino Nov 16 #63
"Trump knew about the girls".... Jack Valentino Nov 16 #64
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