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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoy Moore's white female voters are part of a long history of internalized misogyny
In fact, the phenomenon is nothing new. This acute cognitive dissonance has historical roots relating to how women have been conditioned to treat their own kind. It is what feminists identify as the consequences of patriarchy: the pervasiveness of the belief that men and women are born with two different sets of values and worth. When taken to the extreme, this belief holds that women are less than, and should be considered possessions of men to be used and abused as men please.
This historical pervasiveness spans time and place. But the Alabama election proves it also spans bodies: The belief that women are less than men, and that are property of men, is not only a belief harbored by men but by women as well.
The similarities between white womens support of Moore and their support of Trump is indicative of a larger historical trend Ive written about before, in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. White women ally themselves with white men for what they believe is their own gain, security, and assurance, while not realizing the harm caused by the internalized misogyny that fuels their cognitive dissonance and consequential support of men who abuse women.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/roy-moore-s-white-female-voters-are-part-long-history-ncna827976?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma
walkingman
(7,628 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and casts this in the worst possible light. All religions teach sex roles, but that doesn't mean all men exposed to religiously affected cultures dislike and resent women. Ridiculous.
Men are physically larger and not periodically disabled, if not killed outright, by pregnancy. Men of almost all cultures have always been able to gather more power to their roles, over themselves, women, children, property, society itself. Equality between sexes has been very rare, usually limited to small societies that face higher danger of extinction and need all the resources they can muster.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)[citation needed]
The white women who support Trump and Moore do so because they are racist, and they see a friend in racist politicians. They're willing to overlook everything else.
Do you really think that, had Obama been accused of a single instance of misogyny like Trump/Moore, these white women wouldn't have fallen over each other condemning him?
Are these same white women giving Bill Clinton a pass, because they "want to be treated like property."
Give us a break. Any argument that needs a lot of fluffy jargon, such as the one above, is usually just fluff.
The white women who support Trump and Moore do so because they have bought into the patriarchy, and they see a protector in alpha male politicians. They're willing to overlook everything else.
If Obama was an "alpha male" politician, he would not have run on a Democratic ticket, but a Republican one, and would have gotten the support that Herman Cain and Ben Carson got.
These same white women are not giving Bill Clinton a pass, because he is not an "alpha male" leader - he freely admitted that his wife was co-equal.
Give us a break. Any argument that needs a lot of fluffy jargon, such as the one you gave as a rebuttal, is usually just defensive. There are many who think that any discussion of misogyny takes away from a particular narrative that HRC was not held to different standards than her male counterparts.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,357 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)A repeat...
~ George Lakoff
The Conservative Moral Hierarchy:
God above Man
Man above Nature
The Disciplined (Strong) above the Undisciplined (Weak)
The Rich above the Poor
Employers above Employees
Adults above Children
Western culture above other cultures
America above other countries
Men above Women
Whites above Nonwhites
Christians above non-Christians
Straights above Gays
https://georgelakoff.com/2017/07/01/two-questions-about-trump-and-republicans-that-stump-progressives/amp/
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)In its essence, it is rather anti-democracy in general.
It moderated that for a while, maybe, but since Nixon/Reagan it has steadily drifted towards RW extremist views on power and structure.
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a14401897/roy-moore-female-supporters-voters/
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)And I should add that all religions are 'man' made. Just to make it crystal clear.