Are most women liberals because they identify with the oppressed?

Maybe exploring and understanding gender differences could lead to a saner society...
 
Josiah said:
You're right DW to be suspicious of the word "liberal" it has many differently nuanced meanings in different parts of the English speaking world. Actually the terms that have a little more international consistency are left and right in the political sense. With that in mind the American meaning of liberal suggests a somewhat leftist leaning world view.
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Yes, as I tried to point out before, liberal in America means left leaning. Liberal in the UK means you are Liberal Democrat (a party which is neither IMO).
 
Not trying to reduce genders to stereotypes but, rather, trying to point out the commonalities caused by biology and society...
 
Ralphy1 said:
Not trying to reduce genders to stereotypes but, rather, trying to point out the commonalities caused by biology and society...
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There are different socioeconomic groups in gender too Ralphy. I think most people tend to vote their own pocketbooks when it comes to fiscal matters. So I see more wealthy White women voting Republican. I also see very poor but very religious women voting Republican as the social issues are important to them.
 
Some social issues cross socioeconomic lines, such control over their own bodies, capital punishment, pay, etc....
 
Ralphy1 said:
Some social issues cross socioeconomic lines, such control over their own bodies, capital punishment, pay, etc....
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With the exception of controlling our body and pay... the same can be said for the male gender.

There are women AND men who are one issue voters .. and it doesn't matter what else the party stands for.

Which brings up the question... based on your premise that women tend to vote for liberal social issues... and have bodies that Republicans seem hell bent and determined to control... Why do Republicans try so hard to alienate the female vote?..... Considering it's a larger voting block than the male vote.
 
Generally speaking men have different agendas thru life which overlap with women's on occasion, the strong emphasis on career and sex immediately come to mind...
 
Men think about sex a lot more than women according to a recent study and view porn much more than women. Also, men identify themselves with their vocations a lot more than women and fantasize about being either a soldier, sports figure, early. A woman I asked about this said that she fantasized about being a bride as a young girl...
 
I don't like porn, Ralphy, and I have happily avoided being a bride. I always knew I wanted to be a therapist from the time I was a child. I also have a high sex drive, as do many of my female friends. Some of us have very healthy fantasy lives. I also have known men who were not sexually driven. I wonder if they would admit it on a study? I have my doubts.
 
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