Well, someone put that to the test. 2 professors set up an theatrical re-enactment with a a woman play the role of Donald Trump, and a man play the role of Hillary Clinton. The EXACT words, tone and hand motions made in this role playing.
Eileen Reynolds, “What if Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Had Swapped Genders?,” NYU News, February 28, 2017
Amber Jamieson, “If Trump were a woman: play swaps presidential candidates' genders,” The Guardian, January 29, 2017
Ed Krayewski, “Gender-Reversed Presidential Debate Reveals Trump’s Allure to Clinton Voters,” Reason, March 8, 2017
The ones who put on this play was expecting (before starting work on the re-enactments) that "people wouldn't tolerate a woman acting like Trump, people would be more receptive to Hillary if she was a man"
But once the re-enactments happened and the audience watched, the results were different.
People weren't so disturbed when a woman showed the same exact fiesty, aggressive, loudmouth tactics that Trump used in the debates. One of the audience members stated it reminded him of his auntie, another said it reminded her of a school principal that was strict but caring.
However, people were shocked how they disturbed they were when the man showed the same evasive, elitist, condescending tones that Hillary showed in debates! The man who acted like Hillary was seen as sleazy and man-splaining!
just one sample video
just one sample video
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You see, this suprised many Radical Feminists, who religiously believed that the general public didn't like aggressive feisty women. These feminist get all their information from feminist literature and feminists blogs, and the only disagreement they is from male supremacists who write nasty emails/tweets to them! In this echo chamber, you're either a Radical Feminist or a Male Supremacist!
So this caused some real confusion when they noticed their reactions to a woman acting like Trump and a man acting like Hillary!
Like "whoah, I'm really as sexist as the Male Supremacists who write nasty notes to me"
Also, this helps them understand their confusion of why so many millenial females weren't so enamored with Hillary Clinton and were so enthusiastic about Bernie Sanders, a man old enough to be their grandfathers. Gloria Steinem accused those females of supporting Sanders because that's where they boys are!
No, they supported Sanders because he was feisty for left-wing causes, whereas Hillary Clinton acted entitled to women votes and expected them to ignore her hawkish foreign policies and corporate ties.
Hillary Clinton was just lucky Bernie Sanders started his campaign way behind in name recognition and money.
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Meanwhile, men are constantly shamed for being "sexist pigs" just for existing. This makes them hesitant to point out real character flaws in women! Men are afraid to be called "sexists". Men are afraid of being accused of perpetuating "patriarchy" and "rape culture". Therefore, they are scared to point out Hillary Clinton's character flaws.
Women who noticed Hillary Clinton's flaws were scared of being accused of "internalized oppression" and "holding women back".
But whoah, nobody is scared to point the same exact character flaws when a male shows the same exact elitist, condescending words and demeanor that Hillary Clinton showed in the debates.
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Our cultures love feisty women. Maybe the Alt-Right message boards don't show that, but everyone else does.
Just look at the popularity of loud, feisty women over the years: Roseanne Barr, Wanda Sykes, Sarah Silverman. Look at the portrayals of the feisty Italian/Latina aunties & grandmas on TV shows. Loud and lovable characters!
Or look at the popularity of Tomi Lahren -- very loud, very feisty, and a Donald Trump supporter. She could easily get the same voters and win the same states that Donald Trump got! Her UNLV ties might even giver her a fighting chance to win Nevada and other Western states that Trump lost.
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Meanwhile, Donald Trump's loudmouth ways is similar to Jesse Ventura. Bold, opinionated and unapologetic.
But there's a difference!
Jesse Ventura got elected governor of Minnesota, a state that Trump lost!
Jesse Ventura could've won more states than Trump because Jesse Ventura isn't a racist and could've picked up Latino-heavy states that Trump lost like Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and even California!
While Trump won Texas and Arizona (both traditionally Republican states), he had a much lower margin of victory than George W. Bush got in both states! That's because Bush respected the Latinos and got more Latino voters than your average Republican.
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So basically Hillary Clinton didn't lose because of sexism. She was an evasive, elitist, condescending person who got most of her votes because people feared Donald Trump! This fear allowed her to win Latino-heavy states that Bush won (ie Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico).
Donald Trump won because people love a feisty fighter, a trait that they admire about their mothers, aunties & grandmothers. The problem was that Donald Trump used his feistyness to start his campaign demonizing Mexican immigrants.
In other words, race was a much HUGER factor than gender in the last election.
The Democrats need to find a candidate who is feisty but not condescending! A candidate that is intelligent but not elitist! A candidate who tells it like it us instead of being evasive. A candidate that can speak to working class European-Americans while still fiercely defending the rights of immigrants and other minorities.
It's time to put the gender card away. A woman candidate needs to have the same appealing characteristics as a male candidate.
If Barack Obama can charm the nation to elect him, so can a woman! Just got to be the right one!
