[Stoat]

Being a male stoat, I may not be able to provide the perspective that you seek. I can, however, convey some notions that may, at least tangentially, relate to your question.

My experience suggests to me that for many people, men and women alike, politics has come to substitute faith in their lives. Liberalism, being emotionally and not rationally-based, appeals to those who are confused and are looking for a belief system that can be endlessly argued and justified, without the bother of dealing with factual evidence.

For men, this can address their spiritual needs to some extent, but for women the attraction is multilayered in that in addition to a thin veneer of spiritual comfort it provides a justification for militant feminism and a host of other Leftist "women's issues". For women, it can not only supplant a true spiritual life but a home life as well. Women who have failed in dating, life and love find comfort in an ideology that tells them that it's all the man's fault.

I have lost all friends of my youth as I came to study history more and more and discovered how utterly bankrupt the modern liberal (Socialist) ideology is. None cited a reason for their disaffection to me; they just stopped returning my calls and letters. I suppose communicating becomes difficult when you have nothing of substance to say, and it's so very much easier when you can surround yourself with those who engage in mindless chatter pertaining to feelings rather than substance.

[Sisku Hanne]

My experience suggests to me that for many people, men and women alike, politics has come to substitute faith in their lives. Liberalism, being emotionally and not rationally-based, appeals to those who are confused and are looking for a belief system that can be endlessly argued and justified, without the bother of dealing with factual evidence.
For men, this can address their spiritual needs to some extent, but for women the attraction is multilayered in that in addition to a thin veneer of spiritual comfort it provides a justification for militant feminism and a host of other Leftist "women's issues".
For women, it can not only supplant a true spiritual life but a home life as well. Women who have failed in dating, life and love find comfort in an ideology that tells them that it's all the man's fault.

Insightful. As a former lib I see myself in these and other observations on this thread.
When I was a lib, I was full of self-loathing, had issues with my mother, lived a very promiscuous lifestyle, tried just about every drug in the book, fancied myself a rebel & thought I was being cool, but was miserable, angry, constantly depressed and sporadically suicidal.

Then I turned myself around and cleaned up my act, accepted responsibility for my actions and emotions, started making a meaningful career for myself, returned to my faith, and overcame my depression and self-loathing.

Then I began to use the internet to educate myself on history, politics, and current events. Once I found that I could not support my former liberal beliefs with facts and evidence, I turned to the right, and have no intention of ever going back. Life, on every level, has never been better (although I can't help regret wasting all those "lost" years).