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Summary

Donald Trump’s re-election has fueled a surge in misogynistic, homophobic, and racist rhetoric among young men, reportedly emboldened by the president-elect’s history of inflammatory remarks about women.

In schools, boys have been caught using phrases like “your body, my choice” against female peers, prompting districts like Minnesota’s Hopkins Public Schools to issue warnings to parents about harassment.

The impact extends beyond schools, with activists on Texas State University’s campus displaying signs asserting that “women are property.”

This hostile climate has left many women feeling unsafe as a new far-right administration takes power.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 89 points 1 week ago (3 children)

College-educated white women backed Harris. All college-educated groups did. Maybe Democrats should work on making college more affordable, and accessible to women with small children. Frankly we should anyway. We should also start helping girls that get pregnant in high school finish with their diploma so college will be an option in their future. Especially since more of them are going to be forced to carry the pregnancy to term.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe Democrats should work on making college more affordable

Why do you think the wingers reacted so much to having loan forgiveness? Anything that educates more people is something they fear. Having people not being saddled with crippling debts after school only sends a message to others that maybe education is a path for them. The wingers don't want an educated citizenry.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No, the gop has weaponized anti-intelectualism. The reds won't vote for a candidate that wants to make college affordable.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Indeed. The qons will call anyone with a degree an "elitist" [1], meanwhile, give the likes of Elon and the convicted felon, who are actual elitists, reacharounds. It's almost as if actual meanings of words mean nothing to them.

[1] This does not apply to their own kind, even if they were born rich AF and went to Ivy League school(s).

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

No? What do you mean? You agree with him.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I see you don't like "right wing" any more than I do, because I think they justify their actions by thinking "we must be right, we're the right wing." So I call them the Wrong Wing.

Or sometimes the Human-Rights-Destroying Wing.

[–] Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

That definitely works too

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 week ago

The DoE is already under attack. It’s part of Project 2025, and they’re laying the groundwork for it already. They’re going to work hard to ensure education is difficult to access and/or neutralized as much as possible.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, democrats need to adjust their messages to people without a college education.

One of the things that makes Trump so popular is that he panders to people without much education.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

A better-educated public is a net gain regardless who's running the government.

Better educated women are less trapped in abusive relationships, although it still happens, because they have better job prospects and better chance to get law on their side.