Because it’s easy to tell yourself, “McCain had to pick a woman to get the women’s vote. They’re that dumb, those women.” Having rationalized voting for a woman by showing that it’s proof that women are dumb, it’s easy enough to vote for McCain/Palin.
I won’t paint a pretty picture on this---female misogynists are crucial to the anti-feminist cause. Anti-feminism would be nothing without female misogynists, or at least colluders. (Hat tip to Renee for the term.) Women who oppose equality for women come in two major stripes---the ones who accept inferiority and those who think other women are inferior, but they’re the exception. If you’re the latter, by the way, you get to be in the IWF but if you’re the former, you’re more in the CWA. Women who accept their inferiority buy into the myth of chivalry. Like K-Lo, they assume that their reward for letting their brains atrophy and denying their own rights will be that Prince Charming will swoop in and save the day. Well, some don’t like men very much, but believe that you absolutely need to be on the good side of men to get by in this world, and find it inconceivable that one could be feminist and still get along with men. I’d put Kathleen Parker in this category. She drips with contempt for men, thinks they’re all ready to rape a woman given the opportunity, but still thinks women need to shut up and kiss ass to survive.