Men vote Republican more frequently than do women. Single women vote Democratic more frequently than married women. The elderly are more likely to support Democrats than they were when they were younger. One could cynically hypothesize that they are voting purely in their own personal interest, but I believe that there is more to these trends than that. Most elderly individuals have younger relatives.
Most women have male family members.
It is difficult to believe that they do not take the interests of those whom they love into account when they vote. Thus, it is probably the case that their beliefs are affected by their embodiment. Let us consider the single woman. Not all single women are the same, so let me be clear that I am not implying that what follows is true for all single women. It has been many years since the successful movement for women's liberation changed the political landscape of our society.