"Polling shows that the gender gap, which we have seen in every presidential election since 1980, is at a record high. The gender gap, defined as the difference between the vote margin among women and the vote margin among men between Democrats and Rep...

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Polling shows that the gender gap, which we have seen in every presidential election since 1980, is at a record high. The gender gap, defined as the difference between the vote margin among women and the vote margin among men between Democrats and Republicans, is the key to success for Kamala Harris and other Democrats – they need to win women by more than they lose men."

~ Celinda Lake and Cate Gormley

#KamalaHarris #Trump #gender #GenderGap #abortion
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Gender is going to be a huge factor in this election. Here’s what the data shows | Celinda Lake and Cate Gormley

Younger women are registering to vote at record rates – and tell pollsters that abortion rights are a crucial voting concern

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

[mbwood@toad.social]

@wdlindsy gender gap at a record high, says pollster. haha. “Duh” say the women.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"What was clear [at Trump's Fox News Fox News interview with Harris Faulkner before a female audience], though, was how Trump and his team approach women: As dependents in need of protection, and as a special interest group that doesn’t particularly interest him outside of the fact that he needs them to win."

~ Jill Filipovic

#Trump #Republicans #women #paternalism #patriarchy #abortion #MaleEntitlement #MaleDominance
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Trump’s Pitch to Women Voters Is Grotesque. It Also Makes Perfect Sense.

The underlying message is clear.

Slate Magazine (slate.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"To understand the race and gender gaps in this election, we must also understand how the power of male grievance plays in different cultural contexts."

~ Jill Filipovic

#KamalaHarris #Trump #gender #GenderGap #abortion #paternalism #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDominance
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Opinion | The dangers of oversimplifying the Trump-Harris gender gap

NBC News polling shows men prefer Donald Trump and women prefer Kamala Harris. But not all women, as evidenced by a town hall featuring Katie Britt and IVF.

MSNBC.com (www.msnbc.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"In a country as vast and diverse as the U.S., culture shifts not just along racial lines, but also according to where one lives, how (and if) one worships, what opportunities one does or does not have access to, and — for women — how the men around them feel about their status as men, and how those men behave as a result."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #gender #GenderGap #abortion #paternalism #patriarchy #MaleEntitlement #MaleDominance
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[jredlund@social.linux.pizza]

@wdlindsy Trump wants to take us back to the 1950's, but there are people in his camp whose views are more in line with the Taliban who would like to go back to the Middle Ages.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jredlund Indeed. We have Alito quoting a 17th-century witch hunter and the judge on Alabama's Supreme Court attacking IVF with arguments from Thomas Aquinas and and van Maastricht, a 17th-century Dutch theologian.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mbwood Along with a lot of the rest of us who have eyes wide open….