{"id":279112,"date":"2016-11-14T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T18:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/post-election-elation-or-blues\/"},"modified":"2016-11-14T19:27:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T18:27:13","slug":"post-election-elation-or-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/post-election-elation-or-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Election Elation or Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All across America the gender divide that characterized the recent Presidential election is being lived in the same household.\u00a0 The woman in the home is disconsolate, dispirited, crestfallen, abjectly dejected and feeling wounded over the defeat of Hillary Clinton as the first female with a chance to be President.\u00a0 The man in the home is reticent to crack a smile over his elation that crooked Hillary is not the 45th<\/sup> President of the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As one friend whispered to me facetiously on the phone: \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m wearing a piece of duct tape over my mouth so my wife can\u2019t see me smirk over the election of Donald Trump.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Feelings over the election are intense, especially at home.\u00a0 One online video shows a black mother kicking her own male child out of her house for having voted for Donald Trump in a mock election at school.\u00a0 [Daily Mail<\/a> Nov 11, 2016]<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, Americans are certainly aware of the current state of political polarization.\u00a0 The fact that neither candidate held a convincing majority of votes in the election further intensifies the bitterness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Many Americans are saying in their minds \u201chow could Americans not see it the way I saw it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The photo of a disgruntled and dejected White House staff the day after the election has made its rounds.\u00a0 It speaks loudly for the emotions of the day. [NBC News<\/a> Nov 9, 2016]<\/span><\/p>\n

To say it another way, the strength of Americans beliefs in each candidate and conviction that the other candidate represents something abominable is what polarizes the emotions.\u00a0 A modern phenomenon is that most Americans vote against the candidate they abhor the most, not for the candidate whose platform they embrace.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is embitterment among female voters on the losing side and glee and jubilation among males on the winning side. Neither side can see why the other is either insensitive to their feelings or could be so stupid to not deal with the facts.\u00a0 These lines of intensity are strongly drawn by gender and they are surprisingly rooted in biology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A report published in a psychology journal said: \u201c<\/span>females at all levels of political involvement score higher in self-transcendent values that emphasize concern for the welfare of others, but no significant gender differences emerge for self-enhancement, which favor the pursuit of self-interest.\u201d [International Journal Psychology<\/a> Nov 27, 2015]<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a lot of crosscurrents involved in voting decisions.\u00a0 \u00a0There are obvious inconsistencies on both sides: women who vote for milk for infants of illegal immigrants yet demand the right to abortion; and women who oppose abortion while not a word of outcry is said about U.S. military bombing of households in the Middle East that have killed countless numbers of children. [Scientific American<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

Female voters are the nurturers.\u00a0 Males are the conquerors, defenders and risk takers.\u00a0 As an overgeneralization, by nature women are socialists, looking for government to help the downtrodden and a candidate who embraces that position.\u00a0 Would we want women to be anything less?\u00a0 Caring is at the core of what women bring to the game of life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Psychiatrists tell us there is a hormone that explains all this called oxytocin.\u00a0 <\/span>Oxytocin is produced by the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls certain metabolic processes, such as hunger, body temperature, thirst, sleep, and day-night rhythms.\u00a0 <\/span>Oxytocin is naturally secreted during hugs, kisses, lactation, childbirth and orgasm. [Wikidot<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

The generosity hormone and politics<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Dr. Paul J Zak of the Department of Neuroeconomics at Claremont Graduate University explains that in 2004 oxytocin was discovered by his research team to be the internal agent that determines whom we trust.\u00a0 It is called the \u201cmoral hormone.\u201d\u00a0 It is also determines whether we exhibit generosity.\u00a0 <\/span>A 2007 study reported that oxytocin supplementation increases generosity by 80%. [Psychology Today<\/a> 2009]<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine a female Secretary of the Treasury whose oxytocin hormones are unusually high.\u00a0 The national debt would probably double overnight (just being facetious here).<\/span><\/p>\n

When you have a country that is $18 trillion in debt, it can\u2019t afford to be overly generous.\u00a0 When you have a country facing a burgeoning population of retirees that demand healthcare and a retirement check, you may not be able to afford so many wars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A female secretary of the Treasury might have to subordinate her instincts to care for the less fortunate.\u00a0 Of course, the other alternative is just to cull the population of retirees, something that was imagined in the movie Soylent Green<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Financial realities may be difficult for oxytocin-driven Americans to address.\u00a0 For example, it\u2019s not about American companies paying their fair share of taxes as Hillary Clinton campaigned, but the realization American companies can\u2019t compete against companies overseas if burdened with corporate taxes that exceed those levied by foreign countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea of universal health care is often bandied about.\u00a0 Equal access to medical care is a heartfelt plea.\u00a0 However, needless medical care is already a trillion dollar problem.\u00a0 [New Yorker<\/a> May 11, 2015]\u00a0 What do we when everybody has a right to unnecessary care?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

America doesn\u2019t even have enough physicians to meet immediate and future demand for expanded health care let alone universal health care. [American Association Medical Colleges<\/a>]\u00a0 Oxytocin may drive Americans (at least American women) to express their will to provide health care for all, but that would not change America\u2019s ability to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the most part, when our hearts go out to the less fortunate at the ballot box we are usually voting for someone else to pay the bill.\u00a0 Or worse, today we are voting for the Federal Reserve Bank to conjure up electronic money and just put it into existence, diluting the value of the existing money supply.\u00a0 Americans don\u2019t realize our living standard today relies upon racking up more debt on our national credit card.<\/span><\/p>\n

Few Americans realize they have debt-based money in their wallets.\u00a0 (A ten-dollar Federal Reserve Note is a promise to pay Japan or China or other countries that have purchased U.S. Treasury Notes \u2013 aka an IOU \u2013 ten dollars + interest).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oxytocin predictive of political preferences<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Writing in Psychology Today, Dr. Zak says oxytocin determines political preferences, but only for Democrats, not Republicans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Zak:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring the 2008 presidential primary season, my colleagues and I administered synthetic oxytocin to 88 male college students who had self-identified as Democrats, Republicans, or Independents (women were excluded because oxytocin\u2019s effects change over the menstrual cycle). After an hour, enough oxytocin gets into the brain to make people more trusting, generous, and empathic toward others.\u00a0 But politics separates us from others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The experiment was simple: Rate from 0 to 100 how warm you feel toward politicians like the U.S. president, your congressperson, and those running in the then-wide-open presidential primaries for both parties.<\/span><\/p>\n

We found that Democrats on oxytocin had significantly warmer feelings toward all Republican candidates than did Democrats who received a placebo, including a 30 percent warmth increase for John McCain, a 28 percent boost for Rudy Giuliani, and a 25 percent rise for Mitt Romney.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Republicans, nothing. Oxytocin did not make them more supportive of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or John Edwards. Independents waffled, but oxytocin moved them a bit toward the Democratic Party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digging into the data deeper, we found that it wasn\u2019t all Democrats on oxytocin who warmed up toward the GOP but only those loosely affiliated with the party. Call them Democratic swing voters, but the fact is that Republican swing voters could not be similarly moved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our findings are consistent with studies showing that Democrats tend to be less fixed in their views, while Republicans worry more about security and have an exaggerated response after an unexpected stressor.\u201d [Political Behavior<\/a> Dec 2013; Psychology Today<\/a> Sept 25, 2012]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Oxytocin and gullibility<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

But wait, oxytocin is also a hormone that explains how vulnerable we are to getting scammed. \u00a0[How We Get Scammed<\/a>] That often heard statement \u201cif you voted for (fill in the blank), have I got a bridge to sell you\u201d is in play here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, you may fall for a bogus sales pitch if you let oxytocin completely control your judgment.\u00a0 Knowing this can make us less gullible says Dr. Zak.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine Election Day occurs when more fertile women are at the peak of their monthly cycle and their oxytocin levels are higher.\u00a0 Fortunately, women\u2019s menstrual cycles don\u2019t sync up or we might see an even more demonstrative effect on elections. [Greatist.com<\/a>] In fact it was Caucasian women whose distrust of Hillary Clinton that swung the election to Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who was the underdog?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

A question arises.\u00a0 Are women slaves to the ebb and flow of oxytocin that sways their political thinking at the ballot box?<\/span><\/p>\n

In the most recent Presidential election Donald Trump was actually the underdog.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not forget this feeling sorry for the underdog hormone is what drives women to write letters to men in prison.\u00a0 It is what causes women to take in stray cats and marry losers in the mistaken attempt to remake a man.\u00a0 Oxytocin actually does influence behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an odd way, losing the Presidential debates might draw sympathy from female voters who feel a candidate was being treated unfairly. \u00a0Donald Trump didn\u2019t fare well in the TV debates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recall President George W. Bush and his bumbling speeches. [Here are some replays of them<\/a>] Some Americans rallied to his defense feeling he was getting picked on when critics ridiculed the President\u2019s malapropisms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cindy Sheehan, who lost a son in the Iraq war and led a one-woman campaign against G.W. Bush and his \u201cimperial war for oil\u201d was later said to have\u00a0 \u201calmost felt sorry\u201d for President Bush. [Canada Free Press<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

A lot of female protestors in the streets<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The protests and petitions to nullify the free election of Donald Trump will likely continue to gain attention by the news media.\u00a0 The first 100 days of a Presidency are usually a honeymoon period when Congress and the news press put down their boxing gloves.\u00a0 But this time a Purple Revolution has begun against the Trump Presidency from the outset of his election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All I can offer at this time to bring America together is for those who feel disenfranchised by Donald Trump\u2019s election to pray President Trump\u2019s wife Melania Trump to morph into the Bible\u2019s Esther.\u00a0 Esther, as the wife of the king, influenced him to spare the lives of many who had already been given a death sentence.\u00a0 Don\u2019t be surprised if Melania\u2019s unusual composure and countenance sways the decisions coming out of The White House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Women marching in the street are less likely to make an impact upon current events.\u00a0 Let us not forget that over 3000 years ago a nurturing woman plucked a small infant named Moses floating in a basket out of the Nile River and changed history.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have always said, if a woman is in a room with twelve men, the men are outnumbered.<\/span><\/p>\n

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