I know I am in the minority here in saying Republicans don't hate women....

[WCGreen]

What I really think is they fear women, especially strong women who think for themselves.

[bkkyosemite]

1. They want women submissive

so their egos can feel the power over them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. The two are closely related......

But I do agree. They fear what they cannot control. Strong women cannot be controlled, by anyone.

I could never be a Republican!

[Solly Mack]

3. If you nurture fear it often becomes hate.

People often fear what they don't know or understand. Continuous feeding of that fear will lead to hate.

If what you fear is seen as a threat - and it always is - you will attack that which you feel threatened by.

[riverbendviewgal]

4. They are like their middle eastern Muslim counterparts

who also don't like strong women and wish to deny them rights.

[mary195149]

5. Republican men, long for the days

when women had less of a roll in the outside world. These men are driven by power and do not need a woman to be a threat to them. It makes them feel inferior. They liked it better when women were at home and it was the man's castle. Times have changed and if they could bring back those days, no doubt, so many men would do that in an instant.

[WCGreen]

6. I hear you but most of the people I know now look at marriage now as a partnership

and not as either a patriarchal or matriarchal situation.

[Agnosticsherbet]

7. Modern Republicansa are essentially a Biblical Patriarchal society...

who want women in a subservient submissive role. To them, Eve screwed men over by listening after a snake, they are inherantly weak, and must be protected for their own good.

To say they fear women is way to simplistic.

[madrchsod]

8. i`d say that is hatred

but i`ll agree that they do fear strong intelligent women.


it`s late and i`m tired but i think that made sense.....

[_Liann_]

9. Loving Them to Death IS Hate

[rl6214]

10. I think you're right.

[jillan]

11. I think they are incapable of thinking of a woman as their equal.

[mary195149]

12. They can't even vote in favor for equal pay for women!! n/t

[lpbk2713]

13. It's not that they hate women so much ...

it's just that they hate everyone.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

14. They don't hate women...

They just don't.consider them human.

[Iggo]

15. Toe-may-toe. Toe-mah-toe.

Fear. Hate.

[liberal_at_heart]

16. they want a time machine

I heard that some crazy RNC official chastised the New Mexico governor for meeting with Native American tribes because it dishonors the memory of Custar.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

17. They want to dominate the submissive female & become angry (& hateful) when they can't.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. They want to dominate us, the way they used to, when we were submissive.

Those days are gone. And yes, they are angry and hateful because of it.

Gee.......too bad!

[grantcart]

19. Well they don't hate them, and they don't fear them

They just haven't had any sex for such a long time that the semen is backed up to their brain.

[Quantess]

20. Fear implies a degree of respect.

Respect is not what I am seeing. I am seeing a near total lack of respect for women.

[Cleita]

21. Yep, I was going to say they fear us when I read your headline. n/t

[Scootaloo]

22. Fear, hate. Not a lot of difference in the results, and both are irrational.

[justiceischeap]

23. I don't think they hate women, I just think they have no regard for us

We are seen by some as no better than factory farmed animals... here for a very specific need and treated no better than cows or chickens slaughtered for consumption. The reason I use that analogy is because it's biblical. Their bible tells them not only do they have dominion over animals, but women as well. As a matter of fact, they don't stop with women, anyone who isn't a straight, white guy isn't worthy of their respect.

Though, I think there are some repubs that really DO hate women, others view us as nothing more than chattel.

[lunatica]

24. Of course they fear women

There's no reason to hate anyone the way they hate whole groups of people other than because they fear them. I always figured that was a given.