“It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.” —George Orwell
Hyper-emotional creatures subject to pack behavior of extreme frenzy. See the play THE BACCHAE by Euripides, for example.
There’s a reason for this. Men have a vested interest in a stable society because they have a greater chance of successfully having children.
Older men and who’ve already had children want to see their grandchildren succeed.
Young women stand about 80% chance of having children, it doesn’t matter so much who it’s with as long as they have power and money. Even if it’s an invader.
IOW young women have the least to lose by having a foreign people or culture invade and potentially take over.
Damn, thanks for the quote, as I haven’t read 1984 in many years. Probably worth a reread.
Out of control emotions combined with the false sense of security that they won’t be held responsible for their actions.