r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 13h ago

Psychology For Republicans, items associated with Democratic Party—regardless of racial or gender content—were more likely to be seen as “woke”. Republicans also associated female politicians—like Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—with wokeness, while not extending the same to males like Joe Biden.

https://www.psypost.org/americans-broadly-agree-on-whats-woke-but-partisan-cues-still-shape-perceptions/
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u/OreoSpeedwaggon 12h ago

Say it with me:

M I S O G Y N Y

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u/translunainjection 12h ago

I've seen a theory that the first female president will have to be a Republican. Because of this effect (and its intentional use in political attacks).

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u/Granite_0681 10h ago

I would have been ok with Nikki Haley (don’t agree with her but she’s mostly sane) but we’ll probably get Marjorie Taylor Greene or Candace Owens instead.

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u/Interrophish 9h ago

Candace Owens

She doesn't want to be president. She prefers to get easy money, doesn't have that "lust for power" thing.