At 10:58 AM 1/14/2004 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote:
Let me see if I understand. Conservatives, who by definition favor traditional ways of doing things, tend to vote along the lines of the status quo, preserving male domination of political power.
And this is news? Who else is going to be conservative, if not the conservatives?
Nick,
I am not sure that you realize what you are saying, but as perhaps the most vocal conservative on this List, let me ask the obvious question anyways:
Do you believe that I, as a conservative, quote, "by definition... favor preserving the male domination of political power?"
No -- really, no. But you'd be more likely to than those who aren't conservative, of course. This item struck me as practically a tautology.
But I'm not going to make the mistake of assuming that each member of a somewhat vaguely defined segment of the population -- conservatives -- has all of the characteristics of the average. Hardly anybody is average.
I personally suspect that abortion views are playing some kind of role in here, and that due to the lack of prominent pro-life women politicians, many Republicans may tend to reflexively assume that a woman politician is pro-choice.
That makes sense. To what extent do you regard conservatives, as a generalization, as male-dominated?
Nick
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