they don't really believe we're equal. And we must live among them, and accommodate them, but can never completely trust that they won't harm us if it keeps them dominate.

Sorry this is so dark. Worked hard for Kamala's campaign, tired and discouraged.

so there's that.

Too many women, especially those in religious cults, are brainwashed to believe that only men have the brains and the authority to be leaders.

in a sense, these women are voting for their "best interest" in terms of avoiding the perceived threat and punishment incurred by pushing back against the patriarchy.

When i was a kid, the TV showed the actual exit polls as they came in. They basically never varied from the election outcomes.

Funny thing is that starting around 2000, that changed. The exit polls became farther off from election results with every election. For one election you could click a button and see the unadjusted results or the adjusted results. Now, you have to pay money to see the unadjusted numbers.

Instead they pretend that the most important function of exit polls is…wait for it — to understand what motivated the voting choices of different identity groups.

That last glass ceiling is just as intact as ever, and that girl and all women were just reminded that no, actually, you can't do everything. When I was 16 my future was supposed to be a few years working as a nurse or a secretary or an elementary school teacher, followed by marriage and children. But the women's movement was just getting going and I saw a different future; I went to college and ended up working in two different male-dominated professions. I'm retired now, old enough that I'll never see a woman president, as this election showed me. The young author of this excellent, heartbreaking piece might not, either. Those kids just got set back 50 years.

He didn’t say what they had won. He was so obnoxious I’m sure he never gets laid and it wasn’t the men that won. It was the boys. I hope they will enjoy each other because we won’t have anything to do with them.

All the boys acting out in mean and violent ways.

Then wonder why women don't like them.

Rapists don’t really want consensual sex. They crave power to force people to do things against their will. That’s who’s in charge now.

They just want some things from women.
Liking or loving doesn't isn't on the list.

Yes rape is about power, control, domination, humiliation, terror.

Like slaves.

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Have fun boys!

stinking education'. They walked away from it and the better jobs that usually came from advanced education. Others who wanted to be educated stepped up to the plate.

Either way, NOTHING was taken away from these crybabies.

That is a path and organized education for those who want to pursue a trade instead of college. Many high schools abandoned shop classes years ago and some trades schools no longer exist. We need a system similar to those in many European nations that offer both a college and a trades path.

What enrages me is that the right has vilified and demonized higher education with increasing fervor over the last 10+ years. The result is fewer white males attending college--even community colleges where trades education is still available and affordable. Then, they turn around and, with a lift from the media, blame Democrats for "leaving young men behind."

Programs including fully free tuition at what used to be called vo-tech, then community, colleges have been implemented and rules have been changed to allow shop teachers to come from the licensed trades, too.

Democrats here still hold both houses of the legislature and the governor’s office, so good things are still possible!

was taken away from the very same party they voted for last week. The Republican effert to gut Americam manufacturing might, which was enthusiastically transfered to Asia, starting in the 80's, was the greatest betrayal of the millionaire class, now the billionaire class. That devastated men who where going into vocational careers.

bring in one of the Latinos who work on a local farm to the polling place. He spoke spanish, at first, to the worker and told him who to vote for, but then the latino dude started asking him questions in english. The red neck told him how to mark every race, and it was all for republicans. Then he came to the county commissioner. The red neck said to vote for the democrat (who I know), and the latino dude says "but I thought you said to vote for all republicans"! The red neck dude said, "yeah, we did, but I know this guy: he's a friend of mine, so we'll vote for just this one".

I reported that to the poll worker in charge (a republican woman), and she smiled really big and said "well, he filled out the proper paperwork, so it's legal, but thanks for reporting it!".

There were all manner of republican TRICKS that were pulled off for this election, but the bottom line is, Harris/Walz WON, and everyone is falling for the news that is more toxic and widespread than covid.

He got his army of flying monkeys to find right wing judges to appoint Trump supporters to county election boards. Of course I can’t prove it but I also ran into an issue and reported to the chairperson of the county board and that person got hostile with me for reporting the issue. She claimed to be a Democrat.

One minor quibble, nyt.. The day after the election was Nov. 6.

but referring to 16-year-old girls as women kinda legitimizes Matt Gaetz sleeping with a 17 year old. **A minor is not a woman.** Young adult would be a more apt term.

They pooh-poohed the destruction of the US Constitution.

Convince a group of people that the only way they can get ahead is to tear another group down.

In my nearly 30 years in the Navy, we used to say those people were they one's that "could only make themselves look good, by making someone else look bad".

We were taught that was the absolute worse way to conduct yourself.

One of the great lessons I learned was about pronouns.

When my Department did something well, you used the pronouns "we, us, and our". When we screwed something up, you used the pronouns "I, me and my".

Everything I have learned my entire life has been invalidated.

And we will triumph again.

People need to stop being whiny losers, and start to push back like our mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers did.

A handful of politicians and the incels from 4chan can't stop progress...they can only delay it temporarily.

My reply to anyone who posts here to argue with me: Quit whining and start working. 2026 will be here before you know it.

45% of women voted for Trump.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19727435

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lp48ldgyeo

Plenty of blame enough for both genders.