So you're suggesting it's a chicken/egg kinda situation? That while it could be single women are more prone to paternalistic policy making due to some sort of innate maternal drive, you're suggesting such people are less desirable as a life long partner?
It's not a terrible theory, though there is other elements at play, like long documented generational shifts in voting patterns (eg the young of that era tend to be more inclined to vote left while that same group will end up more right wing as time goes on. Pretty clear cut example of that is hippies being baby boomers). However, there's also the counter point to that about constant political shift, in that today's Republicans are yesterdays Democrats, so have those demographics actually shifted, or has the Overton Window just moved to make them appear more right wing?
The overall point I'm trying to make is that for most of these things that can be presented as chicken vs egg dichotomies, it's less a dichotomy and a little of both, and in some cases can even feed into one another.
I think the weight of the female vote has a greater impact than the natural shift towards conservativism.
If it were as simple as "today's Democrats are tomorrow's Republicans", we would be seeing a steady and gradual increase in people supporting the right/Republicans that matches the steady and gradual aging of populations.
The women I know are perfect voters for the left: they worry about feelings instead of facts, they tend to be less affluent (less to lose when voting for giveaway programs), they seem more trusting of authority, they exhibit cognitive dissonance (if ACAB, why do you only want cops to have guns?). The government standing in for their husband, and every whiny special interest group standing in for their children, pretty much explains their voting habits.
So you're suggesting it's a chicken/egg kinda situation? That while it could be single women are more prone to paternalistic policy making due to some sort of innate maternal drive, you're suggesting such people are less desirable as a life long partner?
It's not a terrible theory, though there is other elements at play, like long documented generational shifts in voting patterns (eg the young of that era tend to be more inclined to vote left while that same group will end up more right wing as time goes on. Pretty clear cut example of that is hippies being baby boomers). However, there's also the counter point to that about constant political shift, in that today's Republicans are yesterdays Democrats, so have those demographics actually shifted, or has the Overton Window just moved to make them appear more right wing?
The overall point I'm trying to make is that for most of these things that can be presented as chicken vs egg dichotomies, it's less a dichotomy and a little of both, and in some cases can even feed into one another.
Yeah that's what I am suggesting. I agree that both factors are at play
I think the weight of the female vote has a greater impact than the natural shift towards conservativism.
If it were as simple as "today's Democrats are tomorrow's Republicans", we would be seeing a steady and gradual increase in people supporting the right/Republicans that matches the steady and gradual aging of populations.
The women I know are perfect voters for the left: they worry about feelings instead of facts, they tend to be less affluent (less to lose when voting for giveaway programs), they seem more trusting of authority, they exhibit cognitive dissonance (if ACAB, why do you only want cops to have guns?). The government standing in for their husband, and every whiny special interest group standing in for their children, pretty much explains their voting habits.