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I think the increasing proportion of women involved in the Democratic party versus Republican is also going to be a factor, due to the effect of the proportion of women in a group on the "group intelligence" of that group: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2005737118

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/31252/20210518/having-more-women-groups-increases-collective-intelligence-decision-making-study.htm

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I agree Rhiannon. The recent emergence of the religious right has a big emphasis on subjugating women and their role. As a creed, it is not palatable to the modern woman who has gone through so much, worked so hard, sacrificed too much to turn backward.

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