Americans supporting sexual misconduct survivors even less than before?

[Rev. Rye]

[Seraphina]

The higher poll numbers are simply reflective of a backlash against women complaining about how shitty things are.

I mean who the hell do those women think they are, right? Bringing rape and sex harassment complaints out into the open like that. They should just be quiet and live with it, like every other woman has done since god knows when.
(that was sarcasm, btw)

You can always count on a backlash whenever US society starts talking about how poorly women are treated because there are so many who are vested in keeping things the way they are.

-Teresa

[Rev. Rye]

The higher poll numbers are simply reflective of a backlash against women complaining about how shitty things are.

I mean who the hell do those women think they are, right? Bringing rape and sex harassment complaints out into the open like that. They should just be quiet and live with it, like every other woman has done since god knows when.
(that was sarcasm, btw)

You can always count on a backlash whenever US society starts talking about how poorly women are treated because there are so many who are vested in keeping things the way they are.

-Teresa

Which explains the explosion in the Trump supporter numbers, but not so much the fact that women are more likely to be disillusioned with it than men. And my "Desert Bus Disillusionment" hypothesis does.

[Angrboda]

The status quo will defend itself. Bring up world hunger and people will find reasons to push it aside. Bring up cruelty to animals in the food industry and people will find a reason not to care. Bring up sexual violence and both men and women will find a way to suppress their anxiety about it. Rationalization about things which cause us stress are a natural reaction. Both our bodies and our minds seek an equilibrium. Upset that equilibrium and it will find a way to redress the imbalance.

[Seraphina]

The higher poll numbers are simply reflective of a backlash against women complaining about how shitty things are.

I mean who the hell do those women think they are, right? Bringing rape and sex harassment complaints out into the open like that. They should just be quiet and live with it, like every other woman has done since god knows when.
(that was sarcasm, btw)

You can always count on a backlash whenever US society starts talking about how poorly women are treated because there are so many who are vested in keeping things the way they are.

-Teresa

Which explains the explosion in the Trump supporter numbers, but not so much the fact that women are more likely to be disillusioned with it than men. And my "Desert Bus Disillusionment" hypothesis does.

No, actually your charts above show the opposite. Men are more likely to be "disillusioned" (aka backlash) with the public discussions of rape and sexual harassment against women. Wonder why that is.

-Teresa

[Rev. Rye]

True, in absolute terms, men are more likely to agree with the statements than women, but the women seem to have changed their minds in greater numbers (in ways that favour the more victim-blaming statements) than the men over the past year.

[Minimalist]

While, of course, Trump voters have the highest gain in not giving a fuck about other people's misery,

Of course, the pigs only care about themselves.  And they are probably the group most likely to have grabbed some pussy.