Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
As a resident of NC, I am fully embarrassed by this. However, after spending a decent amount of time in more rural areas of NC, it becomes clear why it is happening. The "good ole boy, 1950s were great, Mayberry, and God rules all" thinking is alive and well. They will NEVER elect a Democrat.
I also have a theory about why female voters love the GOP - especially older ones: They don't think for themselves. Their opinions are taken from their husbands without critically thinking about it.
Is this harsh? Probably. (But I am on DCUM, so no surprise here).
I am a 66 year old recently retired female. The retiree group spans decades and I have become more acquainted with these women as I attend events for retirees. Women who are mid 70's and above lived in a much different time than I did. They did not have the same opportunities (nor the same expectations) for their lives. They followed their husband's careers, largely did not have their own careers, and that mindset still governs their way of thinking. Women my age actually are retiring from careers or jobs and experienced a very different America. For the most part we were part of two income households because jobs did not pay as well nor have as many benefits. The older cohort is dying and I don't see how the Rs get those votes going forward (unless they change).
My mother is in her 80's and her experience is not what you are describing. Women in their 70's were in their prime in the 1970's to 2000's, hardly a time of women barefoot and pregnant.
1972. Married women could first get credit cards in their own name. Just saying.
They makes, not detracts, my point. Someone in the 70's currently had the "modern" trappings that most women today enjoy. They would have been at the forefront of the fruits of freedom that the suffragettes of the early 20th century and "women's liberation" of the 1960's fought for.
No, it took time for things to change. Especially in rural areas. The mindset did not change over night like a light switch being turned on. Some of the laws were changed, but it took time to really implement things. It's kind of like when they tried to desegregate in the 50's. Things were not immediately done. People held certain views about women that were painfully obvious.
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