Post by Souriquois on May 25, 2017 21:57:05 GMT -4
This is an interesting trend and has been noticed by myself.
I decided to make a thread about it because the first female politician to serve in a cabinet in Canada died today at age 90. To my surprise, she was in the Social Credit Party, which is a defunct, not just right-wing, but far-right party in Canada from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Canada's first female Prime Minister was also from the Conservative Party in the 1990s (which was not as right-wing back then as it is now, probably more centrist, but in comparison to the Liberals back then, was well to the right of them). Although she is often touted as an example of the feminist concept of the "glass cliff", because Canada fell into a deep recession, that her predecessor knew was coming, shortly after she took office.
One theory I heard of this, is that on the right, men are more likely to underestimate women, so they don't prepare as much, and as a result, get their asses kicked by a prepared female candidate. This happened with Angela Merkel when she became leader of the CDU and eventually Chancellor of Germany... she pretty much came out of nowhere. But I dunno, she is pretty smart, so I think even if this wasn't true, she could have won.
Also, men on the left are prone to sexism. Remember, Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" contains some jabs at the Canadian left (which is ironic, because the book again, now the TV series has gained relevance because of the American right). Atwood is a right-wing woman, though.
There is also Marine Le Pen, Margaret Thatcher, and Theresa May (though I think she's a "glass cliff" victim, myself). Sarah Palin also rose pretty quickly in the Republican Party.
It seems that women on the right more often win elections as well. My theory is that men on the right react more violently to women they disagree with than they do with men who do (this is from my personal experience dealing with right-wing men, however). By definition, the right wants to keep the status quo, and the left wants change. Maybe a woman on the right is seen as non-threatening, while a woman on the left is viewed as a threat, even to male voters who are centrist and even many leftist men who could still swing in an election.
What do you think?
I decided to make a thread about it because the first female politician to serve in a cabinet in Canada died today at age 90. To my surprise, she was in the Social Credit Party, which is a defunct, not just right-wing, but far-right party in Canada from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Canada's first female Prime Minister was also from the Conservative Party in the 1990s (which was not as right-wing back then as it is now, probably more centrist, but in comparison to the Liberals back then, was well to the right of them). Although she is often touted as an example of the feminist concept of the "glass cliff", because Canada fell into a deep recession, that her predecessor knew was coming, shortly after she took office.
One theory I heard of this, is that on the right, men are more likely to underestimate women, so they don't prepare as much, and as a result, get their asses kicked by a prepared female candidate. This happened with Angela Merkel when she became leader of the CDU and eventually Chancellor of Germany... she pretty much came out of nowhere. But I dunno, she is pretty smart, so I think even if this wasn't true, she could have won.
Also, men on the left are prone to sexism. Remember, Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" contains some jabs at the Canadian left (which is ironic, because the book again, now the TV series has gained relevance because of the American right). Atwood is a right-wing woman, though.
There is also Marine Le Pen, Margaret Thatcher, and Theresa May (though I think she's a "glass cliff" victim, myself). Sarah Palin also rose pretty quickly in the Republican Party.
It seems that women on the right more often win elections as well. My theory is that men on the right react more violently to women they disagree with than they do with men who do (this is from my personal experience dealing with right-wing men, however). By definition, the right wants to keep the status quo, and the left wants change. Maybe a woman on the right is seen as non-threatening, while a woman on the left is viewed as a threat, even to male voters who are centrist and even many leftist men who could still swing in an election.
What do you think?