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Buckeye73's avatar

Among young people, women are getting the majority of college degrees and young men are much more likely to be hindered by criminal records and substance abuse problems. Therefore, the financial position of many young women is much better than that of their male peers. This is leading to a massive change in the power dynamic between young men and women and many younger men are responding by becoming sexists.

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Buckeye73's avatar

This dynamic is much much more evident among African-Americans and Latinos. I suspect that this in part explains our struggles in those communities.

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James Trout's avatar

Considering the hardline social conservatism in large parts of both communities, it is no surprise though.

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James Trout's avatar

Yep, there’s the sense that men are being ignored and left behind by Democrats. Unfortunately throwing around terms like “sexist” and “patriarchy” only hasten their move to the Republican camp. We Democrats need to drop this “all White men have it made” and “White privilege” nonsense. It’s both false and bad politics.

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michaelflutist's avatar

That's a caricature, isn't it? Who says all white men have it made? That's obviously false and idiotic.

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James Trout's avatar

Young people - particularly women - who dismiss the fact that men are now getting the minority of college degrees and the fact that there isn't nearly as much support for men who don't have built in advantages.

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michaelflutist's avatar

Ok, and how many of them are politicians, rather than random people? If the political dynamic is that voters don't blame the head of the Republican Party for being an actual convicted felon or anything else but their excuse for hating Democrats is something some random individuals say, we might as well give up and just accept that this country will be a violent fascist dictatorship.

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