Elle Beau ❇︎
1 min readMar 5, 2024

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The main reason anybody votes for Trump is that he represents the traditional patriarchal dominance hierarchy where wealthy, White, Christian, heterosexual men had all the power. Some women want that world back as well, because even though they are secondary on the ladder of power, and may even be a bit further down if not rich, they still buy into the white supremacy aspects of this hierarchy.

This has nothing to do with the premise of this essay, but I just thought I'd throw a little sociology your way. Here's some more...

A relentless focus on “mating value,” narrowly conceived, also contrasts with an analysis of several data sets reporting what characteristics men and women find more and less important in a partner. These show that for the past seventy-five years, across a number of different countries, the most important attributes in a long-term partner for both women and men have nothing to do with youthful fertility traded for resources.

Fine, Cordelia. Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society (p. 75). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition.

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Elle Beau ❇︎
Elle Beau ❇︎

Written by Elle Beau ❇︎

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover, I'm a child, I'm a mother, I'm a sinner, I'm a saint. I do not feel ashamed. I'm your hell, I'm your dream, I'm nothing in between.

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