Maybe Savage only supports women who are beyond childbearing age. The only problem with that is if they wait until AFTER their children are 100% out of the house to work, they would NEVER be able to get the experience needed to be executive material.
Savage has a strong contrarian streak that often serves him well, and at other times gets the better of him. He basically has a 50/50 chance of being vindicated... either it will be the biggest political blunder, or the most brilliant strategic move in modern politics. We will find out one way or the other.