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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your daughter's fears are reasonable. Regardless of what policy decisions will be made in the next four years, it is not in dispute that Trump's campaign has enabled the vitriol right here on this thread. It's not enough that the candidate won; the sputtering hostility towards women belies something else. What else? Hard to say say. What I do know is that confident, kind men (and women) don't need to punch down as these posters have. Guiding your young adult through dating and partner-finding is a tricky process, politics aside.

As to what she can do practically: while I do agree that misogyny played a role in this outcome, the cause was multifactorial (economics primarily, but also a persistent foreign disinformation campaign). This was not just a referendum on women. Also don't be fooled by stats: a significant proportion of American men voted differently. Be wary of viewing men as a monolith. It doesn't help them or us.

Finally, this has been an event that has defined her relationship goals. She clearly values equality in a relationship; traditional gender roles are not her thing. So she dates accordingly. As moms we know there is no playbook to doing it "right", but there's certainly a playbook to doing it wrong. Guys who want her to stop working upon marriage? No thanks. Guys who don't independently cook or plan or manage their own lives? No thanks. These guys are out there. Fear and sadness comes from a sense of loss of control. I too feel a loss as our country and this thread delights in being anti-woman. But it's an echo chamber. She has to turn awake from negative rhetoric like this thread to see and meet men who share her ideals. They're out there.[/quote]

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