[r9etb]

They talked in lofty ideological abstractions, but they also used their political sophistication as a lure for young women who wanted to be on the right side of the great social issues of the day.

Translation: leftist males see their activism first and foremost as a way to pick up young girls who are pretty and naive.

Their desire is understandable, given that the older, less naive women on the left tend to be angry, thin-lipped harridans.

[nina0113]

...the older, less naive women on the left tend to be angry, thin-lipped harridans

The treatment they got when they WERE pretty and naive is what made them that way.