General Discussion

And defections by men of color made up for Harris’ gains among women, more of whom voted for her than voted for Biden.

There is some serious blanket generalization and stereotyping going on here. I’m not saying all women are nice. Far from it. But personally, when I went from female-dominated environments in my youth to hanging out with a boyfriend’s all-male crew, I was struck by how often the boys made in-your-face mean jokes putting each other down. Maybe they wouldn’t have done it if there wasn’t a woman present, I don’t know. Not saying women never put each other down, but we are at least subtle about it. And let’s not even get into how easily some men will betray a buddy to pursue a romantic prospect.

I think both genders are competitive and mean to same-sex rivals, just in different ways. This notion that cat fighting lost Dems the presidency is deeply misguided.

If your point is that we need to address why some women voted against their own interests, I agree. But many Latino men similarly voted against their own interests. It’s a lack of engagement with trustworthy news sources and exposure to social media misinformation in both cases, among other things. It is not about those groups’ inherent gender or racial identities.