These Young Women Aren’t Afraid To Be Conservative

As a supporter of the Network of Enlightened Women (NeW) who has spoken at and attended their events, I’m glad to see their new campaign unveiled today called, “This is What a Conservative Looks Like.” College campuses can be lonely places for a conservative woman. Truth is, diversity and inclusion often stop at the gates of political ideology — even as campuses profess to focus on economic, gender, religious or ethnic diversity. During my time as a graduate student at Harvard, I often felt stifled and mischaracterized by the rhetoric of some classmates who painted conservatives broadly as backward, narrow-minded and misogynistic. This conflicts with reality. For example, pollster Kellyanne Conway pointed out last year that of the six women Republican senators, three are pro-life and three are pro-choice. Yet 100 percent of female Senate Democrats say they are pro-choice. The GOP truly allows for ideological diversity on the question of abortion while Democrats require absolute purity, contradictory to the nuanced approach that Gallup and others tell us women actually want. I agree with NeW’s vision: it’s time for young women to stop hiding their conservative views. The group’s new campaign is intended to foster a positive community for young…
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