Talking Down

It seems the GOP is having some trouble reaching Teh Females and knowing how to talk to them. For some reason, they believe women don't see the GOP as on their side . . . which I'm sure has nothing to do with how they try to not define rape as rape, try to take away reproductive rights, and see no reason to pay people the same for equal work. Nope, it couldn't have anything to do with any of that.

North Carolina Rep Rene Ellmers believes that the problem has to do with their message not being taken down to a level women can understand. Men like to say intelligent, educated things and use pie charts. Women, according to this lady, don't like this approach. Women want things to be put down to their level, you know, somewhere far below education and pie charts.

I'm not really sure why she thinks this. I have some theories. One is that Ellmers herself doesn't understand the educated speeches and the pie charts. She assumes that, given that she was elected to office, she must be a smart woman and even the other smart women don't get these things. It's also possible that she completely gets the charts and the speeches, but finds them as boring as hell and is trying her best to make them stop.

I could point out so many flaws in this . . . the main one, of course, being this strange belief that some people seem to have that Women are one collective group who all think, feel, and function the same way. We're not. This misconception is perhaps the biggest problem when it comes to trying to reach us. Just because Woman A wants certain things doesn't mean Woman B wants those things either. It's sort of like how all the men don't want the same thing. We get that! Why can't we process this information when it comes to women?

On the other hand, if this is their plan . . . awesome. I would love to see them go around and condescend to all the women they talk to. The fallout from that would be so fabulous. They'd never win an election again.