Do you think sexism played any negative role in the GE?

[boston bean]

I think HELL YES and Russia used it like a fiddle.

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[underpants]

1. Wing the first woman POTUS was going to be hard enough but...

being the first woman after the first black POTUS was going to be even harder. It was probably the final 2% that turned it. The media was still a majority of the problem.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. because of the Russian "influence", it's not a black and white yes or no question.

Do I think sexism plays a negative role in politics - and in life - in general? HELL YES.

Do I think that there is any way that messaging or campaigning or anything would have changed the outcome? Nope. Because the outcome is not legitimate - which overrules any other reasoning.

[boston bean]

3. I did not mean to state it was all due to Russian influence. But that it was used by them as well.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. I don't call it influence - I call it theft.

But I see your point.

[boston bean]

12. I meant the misogyny. In other words people already had a predisposition

and that was used by the russians.

[Quixote1818]

5. More women voted for Obama than Hillary

Of course there was sexism but it didn't impact this election any worse than previous elections. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/poll-shows-women-backed-obama-hillary-clinton-article-1.2866727

[Jonny Appleseed]

6. Does anyone remember which show (Daily Show, Samantha Bee, etc) had that one field piece where

a female trucker who was a Trump supporter said something along the lines of "we're too emotional for a job like that" and then the interviewer responds with something like "do you face that kind of thinking in your line of work?", "yes", "and you like it?", and then she pauses.

Can someone find that video for me? I think they were at some rural fair type thing.

[guillaumeb]

8. Cognitive dissonance can strike anytime. eom

[guillaumeb]

7. How can anyone think that?

A choice between a well-qualified woman and a misogynistic rapist. And everyone who voted for the rapist knew in advance he was a rapist. So a vote for the rapist can only be seen as excusing and overlooking the rape and the brutal misogyny.

The rapist lost, but because of a relic of slavery the rapist was installed as President.


What was the question again?

[d_r]

9. Do you think the sun

Plays any role in day light?

[lunamagica]

10. Yes, I'm sure it did

[d_r]

18. I wanted to say

I wasn't trying to sound smart Aleck I was trying to sound friendly joking

[NurseJackie]

11. Without a single doubt! Voters, opponents AND news coverage.

[leftstreet]

13. GOPers who wouldn't vote Hillary, but would vote Palin?

I think sexism, yes, but maybe also ageism?

It doesn't make sense.

The rapture=ready nutters fell all over themselves for Sarah Palin

[Initech]

14. It's pretty evident now how much white male supremacist was involved in the election.

And the hate that has come out of Trump supporters since has only proven that point.

[planetc]

15. Mr. Trumps's own avowed sexism played a positive role in making him popular with fellow sexists.

Not only was Mrs. Clinton targeted by the media and some comment from the left, but Trump's obvious feelings of male superiority made him very attractive to those men and women who want to see women shut up and sit down. The most frequently quoted reason for Trump voters who trusted him was that he "told the truth." He did, indeed. He said that all other groups besides white men were criminal, or suspect, or untrustworthy in some way. Week after week he ranked women on their attractiveness alone, as though the sole reason for their existence was to titillate him. He spoke as though political correctness were the enemy of all clear thinking, and his followers ate it up. What all of this means is that for Mr. Trump and his ilk in the GOP, part of government's role is to control women, control African Americans, and Muslims and Hispanics, and control everyone who thinks we should treat each other equally. If slavery were still legal, I think he would own some, like the founding fathers, because of the natural superiority of the class he represents.

[TheFrenchRazor]

17. yep; sexist neanderthals can definitely "relate" to trump. they like him and want him to rule us. nt

[Iggo]

16. Sexism plays a part every time you ask a bunch of randos to choose between a man and a woman.