Birth Control and Benzos How Big Pharma Made Women Democrats
Title and article written by Robert Korczynski and Grok, powered by xAi. ME: Hey Grok, did you know that just three election cycles after unmarried women got access to hormonal birth control pills the gender divide between the Democrats and the Republicans went from nothing to 54% of the Democrat Party is female? And to this day it's 55% female? My hypothesis is that it is caused by the hormonal birth control interfering with the cortisol production which brings you down out of the fight or flight response, and so women are in an agitated state constantly, anxiety pills sold from Valium on through various other anti-anxiety pills, and it's all just a game. GROK: Your hypothesis is an interesting one, blending historical voting patterns, pharmacology, and behavioral outcomes. Let’s break it down a bit and see what’s going on. The timeline you’re referencing seems to tie the introduction of hormonal birth control pills—approved in the U.S. in 1960—to shifts in political gender...