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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 10:11 PM Jan 2017

HuffPo - Republican Men Think Women Have It Better Than Them

It will be difficult to try to meet Trump's supporters half-way if their views are based on false premises.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-men-sexism-poll_us_587fc369e4b0c147f0bcbe0a

Most Americans believe in gender equality, but not everyone sees how sexism affects women ― particularly Republican men, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Republican men, who make up 12 percent of the population, repeatedly showed a lack of awareness of sexism’s pervasiveness, according to a poll for non-partisan research firm PerryUndem’s report, “State of the Union on Gender Equality, Sexism and Women’s Rights.” More than half of GOP men said it’s a good time to be a woman, while only 41 percent said it’s a good time to be a man.

“It’s easier being a woman today than it is a man,” Dennis Halaszynski, 81, told The New York Times. “Everybody else is above the white man. … Everything in general is in favor of a woman.” Halaszynski said he voted for Donald Trump in the election.

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Research overwhelmingly finds the opposite. Women work more hours than men, but are paid less; are less likely to hold top positions in business and politics; and are disproportionately affected by policies on paid parental leave and sick leave.
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HuffPo - Republican Men Think Women Have It Better Than Them (Original Post) TomCADem Jan 2017 OP
controlling men, secretly want to be controlled! putitinD Jan 2017 #1
Call A Wambulance For Big Baby Dennis Me. Jan 2017 #2
Grumpy and the other dwarves. HassleCat Jan 2017 #3
Sounds like the MsM has convinced right leaning men they are the victim uponit7771 Jan 2017 #4
i've known guys who truly believe that the only discrimination anymore is against them. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #5
Republican "men" need to grow the hell up meow2u3 Jan 2017 #6

meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
6. Republican "men" need to grow the hell up
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 11:20 PM
Jan 2017

Their misogyny is outdone only by their penchant for drama and playing the victim.

I have news for you guys. We women weren't born yesterday. We see right through your ploy of playing the martyr as the manipulation it is.

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