If you think it’s hard to mock something that’s reasonable, go take a look at some creationist books. (The old breed, not the earnest new “Intelligent Design” subspecies.) Creationists make quite a point of mocking evolution as an absurdity: did a mouse hatch from a lizard egg one day? Is there somewhere a half-fish, half-ferret? This is scarcely new; it goes back to Bishop Wilberforce asking Huxley if he was descended from an ape on his mother’s or on his father’s side.
All sorts of reasonable ideas are mocked among those who deride them. Women’s political equality was a matter for mockery once: surely they’ll just vote for the most handsome man! Other social-political views, ranging from support of same-sex marriage to support of gun ownership, are roundly mocked by those who disapprove of them.
On women’s sufferage, it’s fairly well established that physical appearance weighs more heavily for a candidate than his declared platform, voting history, etc.
If you think it’s hard to mock something that’s reasonable, go take a look at some creationist books. (The old breed, not the earnest new “Intelligent Design” subspecies.) Creationists make quite a point of mocking evolution as an absurdity: did a mouse hatch from a lizard egg one day? Is there somewhere a half-fish, half-ferret? This is scarcely new; it goes back to Bishop Wilberforce asking Huxley if he was descended from an ape on his mother’s or on his father’s side.
All sorts of reasonable ideas are mocked among those who deride them. Women’s political equality was a matter for mockery once: surely they’ll just vote for the most handsome man! Other social-political views, ranging from support of same-sex marriage to support of gun ownership, are roundly mocked by those who disapprove of them.
On women’s sufferage, it’s fairly well established that physical appearance weighs more heavily for a candidate than his declared platform, voting history, etc.
Unfortunately, this applies to male voters too.