Deflated media outlets are so upset by Donald Trump’s electoral triumph that they are encouraging women to stay home from work and “refuse to participate” in the nation.
A flaming hot take published at 6am today by New York Magazine said “Women, Take The Day Off” and advocated staying home and hiding as a rational response to an adverse election.
Writer Dayna Evans, who ignored her own advice to write this piece, explained herself like this:
We are being asked to pretend like this decision — one that millions of people made in good faith — is not a direct assault on our well-being.
Women, today is your day off.
It’s a small protest, but it’s a start. So much of this election has centered on women’s roles in the working world. Should we be free from sexual harassment at our jobs? Should we receive equal pay? Can we aspire to lead the free world?
One way we can respond, now, is to refuse to participate in a nation and economy that does not value our personhood, nor the personhood of anyone who doesn’t identify as a white male. It’s a small protest, but it’s a start.
Her stance handily ignores exit polling which suggests that a majority of white women actually voted Trump – along with a quarter of Latina women and a small minority of black women.
@TheCut @OrangeJulius7 @DaynaEvans_ I am a working woman who is happy Hillary didn't win. Stop putting us all in the same box.
— Tiffster (@shewalksaround) November 9, 2016
33% of Latino men and 26% of Latino women voted for Trump https://t.co/gZvtpN6knb pic.twitter.com/fy4eskn5kw
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) November 9, 2016
Evans also came under fire from women who said her call was “elitist” as only women financially comfortable enough to stay home to “take care of yourself” and “process what this country thinks”.
@TheCut @DaynaEvans_ @MelissaMctastic I wish I had that option.
— Kalisa Hyman (@kalisah) November 9, 2016
@TheCut @DaynaEvans_ this is democracy! Go to work be an adult
— Lori (@LoriKnowsLuxury) November 9, 2016
@ItsJihanM @TheCut @DaynaEvans_ I can't afford to take the day off. Don't have that luxury.
— Tanya (@MissTanya) November 9, 2016
Although the story was getting some traction on social media, we will have to wait and see whether many people follow through on her suggestion.
