Women can defeat 'angry white men' in right-wing politics

" The vitriol takes my breath away,"

Says the woman who uses racist and sexist phrasing to describe men who disagree with her.

 right-wing populism was eroding hard-won women's rights around the world, with abortion rights as a primary target.

Around the world? Women are being raped, beaten, enslaved, sold and murdered on a systematic basis in many places around the world. And yet, she thinks the ease of obtaining an abortion deserve more attention. Nihilism at its finest.

What I want to know is can reasonable, common sense oriented men and women defeat angry and delusional but powerful women like Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters?

Interesting, too, that Walker feels the need to characterise the angry men in our society as "white." That's not really true, is it?

While I agree with much of what women like Walker say, many do seem to have a tendency to drop their idea of not generalizing about or negatively stereotyping an entire group when it comes to white men.

What Jimizo said. As a left-wing white guy, it annoys the hell out of me. Not enough to change my voting patterns but there's not doubt it alienates a lot of decent people who think well, why would I be a part of your political movement if I'm in league with intolerant racists and misogynist based only on my chromosomes and skin pigmentation.

The other counterproductive generalizing tendency on the center-left that bugs me is ageism.

Not enough to change my voting patterns but there's not doubt it alienates a lot of decent people who think well, why would I be a part of your political movement if I'm in league with intolerant racists and misogynist based only on my chromosomes and skin pigmentation.

Yep. There is nothing the right likes more than the left alienating a huge segment of the electorate.

Those fighting the ‘angry white men’ would probably stereotype those pissed off at this as angry white male misogynistic bigots beyond redemption anyway.

Jimizo, worse yet, some on our side would cynically weaponize such rhetoric against their political opponents. That older, white males are automatically less worthy of support when facing off against younger, female candidates. OK, does that mean Sarah Palin is Joe Biden? In other words, that we should ignore ideology or platforms and vote only according to identity. If anything provokes guffaws in the corporate boardroom or around the bar at the country club this kind of divisive "strategy" does.

That said, I'm all for more female candidates, of color or otherwise. Some of the most promising politicians in America right now are just that. This might be one of the few positives to 4 years of Trump.

While Sophie Walker fights for 'equality' she exhibits racism against white men and does not include conservative women in her list of those deserving of equality.

She should be ignored.

She should be ignored.

No. It should not be ignored. This kind of politics needs to be dealt with and challenged head-on without stereotyping those who oppose it.

Less divisive rhetoric and more focus on what the left needs to focus on, namely the state of the working class in the UK, if it’s not too much trouble.

Walker's view is shared by a global group of women's leaders who released a letter this week that said rising right-wing populism was eroding hard-won women's rights around the world, with abortion rights as a primary target.

Abortion that's it that's all these women have to complain about in Western Society, obviously Western women have it good real good.

Britain sits at number 39 out of 193 countries in a league table by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) that tallies the number of women in parliament, far behind Rwanda, Cuba and Bolivia, which have female majorities.

And where would Western women rather live Britain or Rwanda, Cuba or Bolivia - anyone else care to bet that Western women would take Britain first.

It is not secret that being a woman in politics is difficult, Walker said, and the amount of abuse that female politicians receive is partly to blame.

And what Male politicians don't receive abuse, threats of violence and actual violence committed against. If its so tough being a female politician why then are their so many women putting their hands up for such a job with such abuse, is it because of the big money and perks they get paid.

Who?