We obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green? | Gaby Hinsliff
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Desire for a politics that cares about global and local injustice is sharpening the political gender divide, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
  • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    At the time of righting the upvote/downvote ratio is 30%, with a score of -4 so I feel it would be good if I make a comment here to say that this is written by a woman from England, so she is talking about people like herself.

    I’ll also share the following from the article to provide extra context:

    Why isn’t this quiet form of female political alienation ringing more alarm bells?

    But the failure even to be curious about what it is young women are trying to say, just because their chosen revolt against the mainstream takes a less aggressive or destructive form than young Reformers’, feels profoundly unfair. Sometimes it pays to listen to people sitting quietly at the back, not just the ones screaming in your face.

    I’ll refrain from expressing an opinion about the people who downvoted this article, since I don’t know them.

      • Tabloid@feddit.orgEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think that is what this article seems to want to say. The greens aren’t any radical left party anywhere (except maybe in the US where politics seem to be firmly rooted right).

        I think the article makes the point of listening to young women more, who have mostly been forgotten in our discourse of political disparity in different age groups.

        • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          I agree, I don’t see the writer arguing how radical or not the greens are. Her point is about these women, who are (just like young men) no longer voting for the parties in the middle. I think this is a trend also happening outside of the UK and here in The Netherlands nobody considers this a radical thing but we also have an ever increasing gap between the parties on the right (who attract more young men) and those on the left (who attract more young women).

          I myself believe mysogonists in the far right behave much more problematic than the most radical climate protesters, and I understand why the attention goes to the increase of mysogony and racism. But I appreciate this article because it points out and explains quite well how young men voting right isn’t the only thing happening in the political landscape.

            • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
              31·
              1 year ago

              Then why did they use the phrase “why isn’t this ringing alarm bells?” to describe the only leftist political party remaining in the UK?

              “This” refers to young woman voting different, on average more left then before. Read the article first, then comment.