Because they think he is a creepy boor.
My father, rest his soul, claimed the republic was lost once women got the vote. He said that voting based on emotion was going to put everyone in chains.
Of course, he was a crazy, old fashioned coot who was from another era.
Still doesn’t make sense. Why a creepy boor?
Maybe you just think that and are projecting that ‘largely apolitical women’ must also think the same.