tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post7289437063585829359..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Disagreeing With WomenDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-26762425918747976642014-01-09T13:07:14.436-05:002014-01-09T13:07:14.436-05:00The old saw goes that liberals think conservatives...The old saw goes that liberals think conservatives are heartless, and conservatives think liberals are brainless.<br /><br />However, under established gender stereotypes, women are allowed to be brainless but not heartless. <br /><br /> So while conservatives wh adhere to the old saw can easily regard the liberal men and liberal women as equals in their brainlessness, liberals find themselves in a cognitive bind. They need a different stereotype crafted especially for women.<br /><br />No surprise then that the default invective runs to accusations of sluttishness and/or a brainwashed submissiveness, a sort of gender-based Auntie Tom.<br /><br />In the case where the conservative woman in question is a person of color, or identifies as a lesbian, or belongs to a sneered-at group, of course, her denigrators are freed up to resort to stereotypes based on some other feature of her identity -- and will do this even if the feature identity is one that is seen as positive within one's own political circles, such as being a working mother. <br />bearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07953735060133330755noreply@blogger.com