Is a vote for Trump a vote for women?

Not exactly, but sort of?

Many of us love to oversimplify when it comes to politics, and social media doesn’t help mitigate that urge. For those who hate Trump, there is little room for nuance: he is a rapist, a fascist, a dictator, a racist, a felon, and a misogynist. While some anti-Trumpers may believe Trump is a particularly dangerous threat to all that is right and good, they might be able to concede that those voting for Trump have reason to, albeit bad reason.

The feminists are another story.

The inability to understand why a woman who cares about women’s rights might vote for Trump, in feminists, appears to be an impenetrable wall — “but abortion” being the sole conclusion.

Many of the women who don’t understand, both in my private life and in my public life, are women I like and respect, so I am willing to attempt to explain.

A recent post from Lisa Selin Davis on X is a good starting point.

She writes:

I understand not wanting to support Harris because of her support for "gender ideology"— privileging subjective gender identity over objective sex. What I don't get is pretending that voting for Trump is a vote for women. The anti-abortion rapist will not save you.

First, I am not “pretending” that voting for Trump is a vote for women. I have come to the conclusion that if we care about democracy, free speech, and women’s sex-based rights, Trump/Vance is the best way forward.