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Canada’s recent federal election suggests a growing gender divide in political preferences.

Polling indicated women voters leaned strongly toward the Liberals, while an increasing number of men — particularly younger men — gravitated toward the Conservatives.

This polarization was not simply a matter of partisan preference but reflected deeper social, cultural and economic realignments rooted in identity politics and diverging values.

The gender gap also mirrors patterns across western democracies, where far-right populist parties increasingly draw male support through nationalist, anti-immigration and anti-feminist narratives, while women — especially racialized and university-educated — opt for progressive parties promoting equality and social protection.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Because women are smarter than us men on matters of importance.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago (7 children)

You mean the guy who said women need housing so they can have babies before their biological clocks run out didn't get many women votes??

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The alt-right propaganda being firehosed onto social media is particularly targeted at and effective against young men. All our information spaces are under direct and sustained attack by enemies foreign and domestic, and most of them have the goal of influencing or simply destabilizing our democracy. I don't think this is really in question at this point, I think the only open debates are about exactly how much of these attacks can be attributed to what sources, but my belief is that any sort of adversary who's been accused by anyone is probably legitimately involved at some level.

We also don't seem to have any idea what we can do about it or we're going to do about it other than accept that it's happening and apparently continue to let it happen.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It kinda feels sexist to casually put the "why" in the headline like the answer is even remotely a mystery.

The answer is people are scared of violence and violent threats and will tend to prefer people who don't behave that way.

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