Republicans in mourning are blaming single women for their disappointing performance in the recent election since that demographic voted against them at a 68% clip.
Cathy Young responds in The Bulwark www.thebulwark.com/…
Contrary to the “all they want is the right to kill their babies” rhetoric, women for whom abortion is the dominant issue tend to frame it not as a matter of their own right to get an abortion but as a “war on women” in which abortion opponents are motivated primarily by fear and hatred of female autonomy. I believe, despite being pro-choice, that this is far too simplistic an interpretation of right-to-life advocacy. But when conservatives respond to unfavorable election results with imprecations against single women and start to echo the more fetid corners of the online “manosphere” with slurs about “cat ladies,” it doesn’t exactly do a lot to rebut the charge that the right’s real agenda is to restore patriarchy and bring those pesky independent females to heel. “It’s the misogyny, stupid” is a message that comes through loud and clear.
Go ahead, Republicans. Demonize single women.
(Sorry about the short diary. When Republicans implode I love to share it).