Research Shows Gender Attacks on Women Work

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/07/24/research-shows-gender-attacks-women-work/

"SNIP...........


From a new research paper:

The results suggest that female candidates are particularly vulnerable to trait based attacks that challenge stereotypically feminine strengths. Both male and female candidates proved vulnerable to attacks on policy issues stereotypically associated with their party and gender, but the negative effects of all forms of stereotype-based attacks were especially large for democratic women.

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[Cary]

1. We are at a bad moment, unfortunately

Pernicious forces of racism, xenophobia, sexism, and general miscreant-ism are resurgent.

I hope we can beat these pernicious forces back soon.

[applegrove]

2. When they alt right attacks women online, for showing up at the forums and speaking, I remind

them that that is sharia law to attack a woman who ventures outside without a male chaperone.

[Cary]

3. Ironic