# Mississippi Teabagger: Letting Women Vote A Bad Idea **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720 "2012-10-14T20:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/1 "2012-10-14T20:46:37Z")
[Somehow, I’m not surprised a woman’s voicing this opinion](http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/10/letting_women_vote_was_a_bad_i.html): > [@](#): > > A tea party leader in Mississippi rues the day that women won the right to vote. Women, she argues, are just too emotionally unstable and untrustworthy for the franchise. Yes, you read that right: The person making the case against women’s suffrage is [Central Mississippi Tea Party](http://www.centralmsteaparty.org/about/aboutcmstp.html) President Janis Lane, herself a beneficiary of the 19th Amendment. [Here’s a direct link to the interview](http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/27/christian-rednecks-and-patriots-tea-party-chat/), and one last tidbit: > [@](#): > > “There is nothing worse than a bunch of mean, hateful women,” she says. “They are diabolical in how than can skewer a person. I do not see that in men.” But let’s not take her out of context: > [@](#): > > \*\*Lane: \*\* I’m really going to set you back here. Probably the biggest turn we ever made was when the women got the right to vote. > > **What do you mean? \*\* > \*\* > Lane:** Our country might have been better off if it was still just men voting. There is nothing worse than a bunch of mean, hateful women. They are diabolical in how than can skewer a person. I do not see that in men. The whole time I worked, I’d much rather have a male boss than a female boss. Double-minded, you never can trust them. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/2 "2012-10-14T21:08:03Z")
… she said, without a hint of irony. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/3 "2012-10-14T21:23:12Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > … she said, without a hint of irony. Irony died for them at the same time it became impossible to parody these people. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/4 "2012-10-14T21:29:31Z")
meh. she’s a Puddin’ Head, nothing more. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/5 "2012-10-14T21:31:01Z")
> [@](#): > > “There is nothing worse than a bunch of mean, hateful women,” she says. “They are diabolical in how than can skewer a person. I do not see that in men.” No . . . men are more straightforward than that. Men use actual skewers. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/6 "2012-10-14T21:39:17Z")
Hmmmm, “this ^” is used up and “+1” is getting there. Time for a golden oldie! Word. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/7 "2012-10-14T21:58:03Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Hmmmm, “this ^” is used up and “+1” is getting there. Time for a golden oldie! > > Word. Tell it, brother! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/8 "2012-10-14T22:15:09Z")
She really oughtn’t to worry her pretty little head about it. And bring me a beer. Seriously, wtf is wrong with people? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/9 "2012-10-14T22:17:50Z")
I remember when I first heard Ann Coulter say the she thought women shouldn’t have the right to vote. Its largely because women vote for Democrats. If they could get away with saying that young people and minorities shouldn’t be able to vote, they would. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/10 "2012-10-14T22:31:52Z")
Well little lady, why don’t you start by removing yourself from politics. Set an example here. Or are you just a complete fucking hypocrite? yeah, I thought as much ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/11 "2012-10-14T22:33:09Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > I remember when I first heard Ann Coulter say the she thought women shouldn’t have the right to vote. > > Its largely because women vote for Democrats. If I ran the GOP, I’d look at why this is and work to fix the problem from the inside. I suppose that’s a reason I’ll never join the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/12 "2012-10-14T22:33:52Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Its largely because women vote for Democrats. If they could get away with saying that young people and minorities shouldn’t be able to vote, they would. They’re in for a shock [**in 30 years or so**](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/15/population.race). ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/13 "2012-10-15T06:09:42Z")
As an English socialist, I’ve occasionally had the guilty thought “fucking Representation of the People Act 1928!”. Because over here [women are for more likely than men to vote Tory,](https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:O6GInD0ShXoJ:www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Fawcett-MORI%2520Ipsos%2520briefing%25208-9-06.pdf+wsws+women+vote+for+conservative&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg0KA-dXHJRp52C1sKbEw3JQU2ln0rqmSRFBF6Fls8EnMVi8vs_sm9M-I39rBybDoXaq8SKb3zdmkZQQPRm2FP7gLAPDoNNsYkyGlUGEmlGTO8RetpopKaHFHgw0wMhRlZkzilU&sig=AHIEtbRK1ElC_Z_ACAZ8JvXYExhA8uZIzg&pli=1) in fact women have been solely responsible for every period of post-war Tory government, in that men as a group always vote Labour. But I don’t suppose Mrs Mississippi would have much sympathy for that. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/14 "2012-10-15T10:01:26Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > Because over here [women are for more likely than men to vote Tory,](https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:O6GInD0ShXoJ:www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/documents/Fawcett-MORI%2520Ipsos%2520briefing%25208-9-06.pdf+wsws+women+vote+for+conservative&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg0KA-dXHJRp52C1sKbEw3JQU2ln0rqmSRFBF6Fls8EnMVi8vs_sm9M-I39rBybDoXaq8SKb3zdmkZQQPRm2FP7gLAPDoNNsYkyGlUGEmlGTO8RetpopKaHFHgw0wMhRlZkzilU&sig=AHIEtbRK1ElC_Z_ACAZ8JvXYExhA8uZIzg&pli=1) in fact women have been solely responsible for every period of post-war Tory government, in that men as a group always vote Labour. [off topic] Well, consider my ignorance fought. I’d never thought this was the case - though on reflection, it makes a certain amount of sense for quite a long time, given the historically unionised nature of traditional male work. Still surprising that it has held on as unionised work fell away/the unions were smashed though. I wonder whether, as old men die off, whether this will balance out more. [/off topic] ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/15 "2012-10-15T10:25:01Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > I remember when I first heard Ann Coulter say the she thought women shouldn’t have the right to vote. > > Its largely because women vote for Democrats. If they could get away with saying that young people and minorities shouldn’t be able to vote, they would. It is fairly common in conservative circles to believe that. Laura Ingram, Limbaugh, John Derbyshire of national Review have expressed similar comments. [http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/188995/end-womens-suffrage/nro-staff](http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/188995/end-womens-suffrage/nro-staff) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/16 "2012-10-15T10:54:45Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > It is fairly common in conservative circles to believe that. Laura Ingram, Limbaugh, John Derbyshire of national Review have expressed similar comments. > > [http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/188995/end-womens-suffrage/nro-staff](http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/188995/end-womens-suffrage/nro-staff) If you really, _really_ believe in [del]_Kinder, Küche, Kirche_[/del] Traditional Gender Roles, then it’s unavoidable that you believe women should stay out of politics and keep to the home and children. It’s the old idea that the Proper Male Sphere is _outside_ the home and the Proper Female Sphere is _inside_ the home, combined with the Pauline ideas that women should be seen and not heard and must never presume to assume authority over men. Happily, this is one of those things most Christians (Jews, Muslims, etc.) have ‘interpreted’ into a nullity in modern Westernized countries. ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/17 "2012-10-15T12:19:58Z")
Well it’s obvious isn’t it? Here, a BBC Public Service Announcement on the issue. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LS37SNYjg8w/hqdefault.jpg "Women: Know Your Limits! Harry Enfield - BBC comedy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w) Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/18 "2012-10-15T14:22:03Z")
it’s a slippery slope. first female singers, then female motorists, now all hell has broke loose. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/19 "2012-10-15T14:42:19Z")
Reminds me of a comic (that I can’t find) of a man in a hospital bed in traction saying to his visitor: “And then I told her that the biggest mistake they ever made was inventing the automatic transmission.” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720/20 "2012-10-16T21:53:20Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [Somehow, I’m not surprised a woman’s voicing this opinion](http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/10/letting_women_vote_was_a_bad_i.html):[Here’s a direct link to the interview](http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/27/christian-rednecks-and-patriots-tea-party-chat/), and one last tidbit:But let’s not take her out of context: So I guess she’ll get her ass back in the kitchen, stop interfering in politics and let the men handle it? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-teabagger-letting-women-vote-a-bad-idea/637720.md?page=2)