6. Women’s High-Strung Emotions Will Cause Them to Vote Poorly
Women today are routinely passed up for positions in traditionally male-dominated fields. They compose a pathetically small number of Fortune 500 CEOs and continue to face great difficulty when running for public office. One of the favorite reasons men give for passing up women: They are too emotional. Their emotions will get in the way of making rational decisions, and pretty soon, the entire organization will fall apart.
An article from The Washington Post points out this perspective that a man presented at a town meeting in Albany, New York in the nineteenth century:
“A woman’s brain involves emotion rather than intellect; and whilst this feature fits her admirably as a creature burdened with the preservation and happiness of the human species, it painfully disqualifies her for the sterner duties to be performed by the intellectual faculties. Never mind the fact that history is riddled with brilliant female strategists who navigated their nations into some of their most glorious ages.” The quote is from “A Suffragette’s Work Is Never Done” by Ross Coggins, The Washington Post, August 21, 1994.
Never mind that plenty of men, especially men in positions of power and prestige, have proven themselves to be driven by emotion, sometimes much more than their female counterparts. Consider Donald Trump’s emotional rantings on Twitter or all of the high-profile men who disregarded rational thought and the rule of law when engaging in sexual misconduct towards women. The problem may not be that women are emotional but rather that they are expected to be more sensitive; therefore, when men are passionate, they get away with questionable behavior.