Women Rejected Kamala Harris Feminism
Modern feminists should learn from the 2024 presidential election
Democrats have put up women in two of the last three presidential elections. America has rejected them both. Kamala Harris actually did worse with women than Joe Biden. Harris won 53% of women, while Biden won 57% of women.
Why is this?
The condescending last-ditch efforts to win over women voters, failed messaging, and feminist response to Harris’s loss show that modern feminism is missing the mark.
Modern feminists have a woman problem. The far Left has captured feminism but not the hearts of American women.
I wrote a piece about this published by Evie. You can read the full piece here, What The Election Tells Us About The State Of Feminism In America.
Two key points.
First, women, like men, are looking for leadership on issues. Just being a female candidate wasn’t enough to win over women voters.
Endorsements from stars such as Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, and Katy Perry weren’t enough either. And appearing on the Call Her Daddy podcast didn’t seal the deal.
Many on the Left thought Harris would win in part due to support from women as a result of Dobbs. For both women and men, the top issue, according to CNN exit polls, for Harris supporters was democracy, followed by abortion. The top issue for Trump voters was immigration, followed by the economy. Women care about and vote on a variety of issues, just like men.
Women vote for the candidate and policies that they believe will lead to a better America and better opportunities for themselves and their families.
Second, most women want to get married and have children.
To protest the election, some American women are now very publicly following the tenants of South Korea’s 4B movement, rejecting dating, marriage, sex, and childbirth.
American women don’t dream of a future of being single and childless. Among adults ages 18-34, 69% of those who have never been married want to get married and 51% who are not parents want to have children. According to an Institute for Family Studies/YouGov survey, among women under 35, only 14% don’t want to have children, and 71% either have children or say they want to have children.
Modern feminism is out of touch when it comes to what women want, especially related to marriage and children. Women who want to be part of a woman’s movement should turn away from the Leftist feminism of today and embrace Opportunity Feminism.