Summary

Trend underlines vast gender divide as election approaches, as experts say some women face pressure to ā€˜toe the lineā€™ politically at home.

A TikTok trend of women ā€œcanceling outā€ their partnersā€™ votes highlights a gender divide in the 2024 election, with many young women supporting Kamala Harris while their male partners back Trump. Campaigns encourage women, especially those in conservative households, to vote independently, emphasizing privacy through ads featuring voices like Michelle Obama and Liz Cheney. Conservatives like Charlie Kirk and Jesse Watters criticize these efforts, claiming they undermine family values.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    STOP. FUCKING. REPUBLICANS.

    Look, I know women in these situations often have no easy way to get out from the financial situation theyā€™re in, or will be alone and unsafe with a vengeful partner. I feel terribly for anyone in that situation, and if I knew anyone like that personally I would offer to help them.

    But donā€™t fuck them in the first place.

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      18 days ago

      I mean, personally, Iā€™m a financially safe option.

      But then youā€™d have to meet me, and to meet me I would need time and energy to get out of the house, and it becomes this whole thing and Iā€™d just rather not

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          17 days ago

          Oh yeah. Itā€™s not that I have problems with people, or people have problems with me, itā€™s just the whole ā€œpeopleā€ thing is a ā€œproblemā€ to me.

          I get a long great with people so long as itā€™s at most like 3 of us. any more and oof its a problem

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        18 days ago

        Yup. Social anxiety added into the mix and itā€™s just meh. I like my ouid and my electronics. šŸ«