Can conservative women be girl's girls?
If a woman supports a platform that harms women, can she really be a girl's girl?
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What does it mean to support other women? It depends on who you talk to. While those who identify as liberal see feminism as advocating for equal pay and protecting reproductive rights, conservative women may feel empowered by their pro-life stances and desire to be a homemaker. That makes the definition of “girl’s girl” complicated. Here’s what Diemers had to say about it:
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Yea. Conservative doesn’t mean trump supporter. So yeah, if a conservative girl is respecting other women, protecting girls, and minding her damn business, she’s a girls’ girl 100%. If she starts defending Trump? Just know she’s not.
Definitely yes! When talking about politics, its always a spectrum. I would say any of the left/right radical poles can fall into bad practices. That doesnt represent the full side of that particular position. Lets not allow to create more division between women, tagging us by political views that will never fully cover all of a persons values and lifeviews hence they are limited. I think both, liberal and conservative women are looking for different ways of protecting women.
imo yes. if liberals can be girls' girls, so can conservatives. from my perspective, both parties are equally misogynistic. liberals like to think they're morally superior and immune to misogyny, but they display all the same patriarchal, misogynistic ideas and behaviors that conservatives do. (harsh and dismissive towards women, always prioritizing men, double standards, supportive oppressive gender roles and patriarchal systems, judgemental towards gender nonconforming women, etc). liberals often try to describe misogynistic practices as *empowering* which is even more harmful. at least conservatives are honest about what they are.
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