In 2016 41% of women voted for Trump. WHY? There was no ambiguity that Trump was a sexist, racist,

[still_one]

and bigot.


Hopefully, this is finally the wakeup call, and if nothing else impact the midterms away from the republicans

[redstatebluegirl]

1. The southern republican women I know vote how their husbands do.

They are 1950's women.

[still_one]

2. wow. In this day and age that surprises me. It didn't work for Todd Akin though

[redstatebluegirl]

3. It did me too until I moved down here.

[MuseRider]

13. Do some phone banking on topics of issues.

They are out there and many of them are scared. Their husbands will yank the phone out of their hands and yell at you that their wife will vote how he tells them to vote then slams (yes it was a while ago) the phone down. While ago meaning 10 years when there were still plenty of land lines. I heard it all and it was not all that infrequent. It surprised me so much. Especially when they whispered to me over the phone so their husband would not hear them. Crazy.

[NewJeffCT]

4. a 30 year long smear campaign against Hillary Clinton

made her into a monster in Republican eyes.

[still_one]

6. You are right, and what happened to Anita Hill is another example. republicans have a problem with

powerful women

[Garrett78]

5. Racism and sexism.

First of all, *white* women made up the bulk of his female support. Secondly, many women are sexist. They believe women don't belong in leadership, politics or anywhere outside the home.

[still_one]

9. Absolutely, 99% were white women. If there are that many women who are "sexists", then they sure

are voting against their own interests

[LAS14]

7. It's just as appalling that a big percentage of men voted for him!

Morality, an ability to make judgements about behavior, shouldn't be limited to women. The whole 2016 election is just appalling.

[still_one]

10. When I was calling into North Carolina and other critical swing states for Hillary, the

anti-Hillary men were f**king rude assholes, and these were supposedly people who had voted Democratic in the past.


In spite of that, during the call banking I was always polite curteous, though I sure had to bite tongue

[Wounded Bear]

8. 40% of women who voted voted for Trump...Not 40% of all women.

I think this year we will see what happens when a majority of ALL women vote.

At least I hope so.

[still_one]

11. That's what we are all hoping for Bear, and if they don't make a difference this time in the

midterms, they are risking a lot more pain for the country that it will be very difficult to overcome

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. Because for many white women, upholding white supremacy is more important than equal rights for all

women.

[MaryMagdaline]

15. Yep

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. A certain % will always vote for the GOP because they are anti-choice

[Tardislass]

16. There are some very screwed up women

Just looking at replies to my senators who asked for more time to interview Ford and Kavanaugh. There were women posting that they had the same thing happen in high school and it never screwed them up. And it happens to every woman. Somehow these women feel that boys will be boys and women must suffer through it. 1950s mentality.

In college there was a lot of this. Visited one of my friends at college back in early 1990s and the next store dorm neighbor had gone out on a date(she had never dated before) and felt pressured to orally stimulate this guy. Of course the guy told everyone that this girl pleasured him on first date. It was amazing the number of girls who called her a slut and called her awful names and never blamed the guy. In my college years, it was still the women who should have pulled back or said something as guys can't help themselves.

Remember Sixteen Candles, it wasn't until recently that I went back and saw how gross it was that the hottie basically let Anthony Michael Hall take his drunk girlfriend and let him have sex with a massively drunk girl. And then, next morning she's supposed to be fine with him having sex with her. Back in the 1980s that seemed funny to most of us and it was the girlfriend's fault for getting drunk.