RadFeminists are making it difficult for the Democratic party to fight the GOP's attack on women [View all]

[Harmony Blue]

What is increasingly obvious is that the GOP is attacking women's rights in a variety of ways and levels of government. Unfortunately, it appears there is little to slow down their agenda. But, the majority of the registered voters in the United States are female. So, what is happening? Is it social conditioning by a patriarchal society or is there much more?

In my opinion it all boils down to the message being put forth. Many have acknowledged the GOP are far better at using slogans or messages that are simple, to the point, and which can resonate with everyday voters. Their language can be shocking, but at the end of the day they simply go back to fundamental basics. Family, life, etc which carries different subtle meanings to each individual but on a greater whole the same understanding.

It is quite apparent the majority of female registered voters are buying in to what the GOP is saying. But why? I firmly believe when extreme rhetoric or hyperbole is used that is pretty much turns people off. Shock jocks like Howard Stern and Limbaugh do it for ratings, and there are those that tune in to find out what other outrageous things either will say. But at the end of the day, you can listen only so much to such extreme provocative language. There is a saturation effect where you start to tune out what is being said. Until the RadFems tone down their malicious, misandrist rhetoric, we will lose the majority of female registered voters in the United States, and start to divide the male members of the Democratic party (exactly what the GOP wants as their entire playbook is about division not unity). The GOP is winning, because they clearly understand uniform messaging compared to the Democratic party.

The only way to counter this is with calmed reason, logical arguments, and highly scrutinized scientific data. This is why when it comes to how the Obama administration has traversed topics regarding female equality they have done a sterling job. But it is quite apparent they still have much more work to do. I suspect female voters will turn out for Obama, but will it be enough? I don't know, but using extreme rhetoric will turn them off from voting in November.

Thank you for your time.