
#RepealThe19th: after the 'Trump Tapes', only the second most sexist Trump-related outrage this week.
Supporters of the Republican nominee have been tweeting #RepealThe19th - which refers to the US Constitutional Amendment that granted women the right to vote - after polls showed he'd win if only men voted.
When u thought "grab them by the p****y" was gonna be the most misogynistic/demeaning/unintelligible thing this week but then #repealthe19th— Al (@Al) 1476324038
FiveThirtyEight published this election update after a series of national polls on the US Presidential race showed Hillary Clinton in the lead, by between five and 11 percentage points.
The article featured two maps, one showing what the results would look like if just women voted...
Picture: FiveThirtyEight
Electoral Votes
Hillary Clinton: 458
Donald Trump: 80
...And one showing the results if only men voted.
Picture: FiveThirtyEight
Electoral Votes
Donald Trump: 350
Hillary Clinton: 188
They then tweeted a composite of both maps side by side:
The United States of Women vs. The United States of Men https://t.co/F455bP3D8I https://t.co/qjr6zLh640— 538 politics (@538 politics) 1476273710
After the 'dude map' went viral, the hashtag #RepealThe19th began to trend. The tweets are pretty shocking - as misogynistic and sexist as some of Trump's worst remarks.
And what's more shocking, (although you can never tell for sure with Twitter), it looks like some of these are actually women.
#RepealThe19th. https://t.co/vLXmUXAzAa— Leslie... will not comply ن (@Leslie... will not comply ن) 1474590327
That's 'Haunted Holly', whose Twitter bio reads:
As featured in the LA Times, USA Today, CBS News, and the Daily Dot ♥ America First ♥ Stop #WhiteGenocide ♥ #FeminismIsCancer ♥
There have been suggestions that some of these tweets are generated by bots, and can't be attributed to real people.
But nevertheless, there are enough seemingly genuine posts to generate an outrage.
As these Twitter users put it:
So, I see #repealthe19th is trending https://t.co/PCWp67W6up— Nikki Scavone (@Nikki Scavone) 1476315206
Maybe ONLY women should have the right to vote. Men are clearly to emotional and prone to overreactions. #repealthe19th— Abortion is Healthcare (@Abortion is Healthcare) 1476324765
Men: #RepealThe19th Amendment Women voters: https://t.co/oFFHsZmQ1f— Southern Homo (@Southern Homo) 1476328027
Trump supporters: We're using #RepealThe19th in response to math showing women can decide this election. Women: So… https://t.co/TgceZ93hKw— Kate Black (@Kate Black) 1476304002
Me when I see that #RepealThe19th is a thing. https://t.co/OQdqoB9KVN— Meg Cusick Olson (@Meg Cusick Olson) 1476307911