Personally I wouldn’t necessarily say people talking about internalized misogyny / sexism (or racism for that matter) are being dismissive though, because I’d bet that’s a component of why some women and minorities vote for conservatives. I’m middle aged and I know I’ve internalized a lot of pretty heinous stuff in my lifetime – including misogyny – and getting rid of that is nontrivial. Not that I’ve ever voted conservative, mind you, just using myself as an example. I definitely don’t mean to use that term in a dismissive way because like you pointed out there’s lots of other possible reasons too
Excellent point!
Personally I wouldn’t necessarily say people talking about internalized misogyny / sexism (or racism for that matter) are being dismissive though, because I’d bet that’s a component of why some women and minorities vote for conservatives. I’m middle aged and I know I’ve internalized a lot of pretty heinous stuff in my lifetime – including misogyny – and getting rid of that is nontrivial. Not that I’ve ever voted conservative, mind you, just using myself as an example. I definitely don’t mean to use that term in a dismissive way because like you pointed out there’s lots of other possible reasons too