Interesting political gender differences

Perhaps the shift is underreported, but I recall the statistics being discussed on ITV’s ‘Peston’ and at least one other programme a few months ago, possibly BBC’s Newsnight with Victoria Derbyshire (she’s the woman!!). I tend to scan the newspapers, but lately not always every day, so I could have missed further reporting on this issue.

The world is changing at a phenomenal rate and it does seem than women tend to care about social issues and our planet more than men do. I think women place more importance on relationships and this is reflected in the tendency of autistic women to mask effectively, more so than men. The media underreports world affairs that affect the poorest of the poor, it is reflective of a ‘me’ culture, rather than a care for ‘us’ as in the world and the big picture.

Maybe some men feel the need to ascertain their masculinity through extreme right wing channels and through Reform, factions that encourage and affirm a toxic masculinity that is promoted through money make social media channels. It promotes a network of mini hierarchies throughout Britain, Europe and the world, with the winners being the people at the top like the Tate brothers and Vance who net the revenue through an immoral process, and believe they have a right to be part of the select few in charge of the world. There is an overconcern for ‘our country first’ policies which have been generated by an out of proportion focus on immigration statistics which do not reflect the general movement of people around the world. 

I am hoping the extended media reporting of the life, death and funeral of Pope Francis, and discussions of The Pope’s meetings with leading people who promote opposing political policies like Vance, and of course Trump who is ‘looking forward’ to the funeral, will emphasise the cruelty of maintaining this shift and unconcern for the wider world.

I think many people, myself included feel politically homeless, I've never been a member of a political party, to be honest I think political parties are part of the problem with our politics, who do MP's choose to follow when theres a conflict of interest between the policies of their goverment or the needs and wishes of thier constituents?

I don't watch any online only media channels, so I can't really comment on them, but have there not always been mini hierarchies? If you go back a couple of hundred years, parliaments were made up aristocrats and those rich enough to qualify to vote.

I doubt if the Pope's funeral will have any impact on the likes of Trump, or many other politicians to be honest. Not being Christian, let alone a Catholic the whole things about Popes both confuses and amuses me.

I think many people, myself included feel politically homeless, I've never been a member of a political party, to be honest I think political parties are part of the problem with our politics, who do MP's choose to follow when theres a conflict of interest between the policies of their goverment or the needs and wishes of thier constituents?

I don't watch any online only media channels, so I can't really comment on them, but have there not always been mini hierarchies? If you go back a couple of hundred years, parliaments were made up aristocrats and those rich enough to qualify to vote.

I doubt if the Pope's funeral will have any impact on the likes of Trump, or many other politicians to be honest. Not being Christian, let alone a Catholic the whole things about Popes both confuses and amuses me.

Of course there have always been ‘mini hierarchies’, it was just a choice of words to picture the network in a different way - connecting triangles, pyramids and that kind of thing.

People don’t have to be Christian to understand the current media reports of Pope Francis’ life long pursuit of justice for the poorest of the poor. The Pope exerted influence on many leaders and on some political policies, but clearly nothing has rubbed off on Vance and Trump, except the photo opportunities promoting themselves.