Maureen Dowd's column: Trump's victory revealed that the world still belongs to men today!

Now I have forgotten to count. Every time I thought Donald Trump would waver, the same incident made him stronger. For example, I assumed that after the Access Hollywood tapes, he would have to drop out of the presidential race in 2016. I thought he would be deported after provoking rebels at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. I thought his reprehensible move to include religious fundamentalists who had stripped women's reproductive rights in the Supreme Court would thwart his attempt to return. I thought the last few weeks of his uncontrollable campaigning would certainly be enough to defeat him. But Donald Trump came back defiing everyone and wooing voters who I thought had turned their backs on Trump. All the misogynistic talk, racist talk, rude talk, undemocratic talk – all the things that Trump has said – have not diminished his popularity among millions of voters. He will once again be the President of the United States, and he has declared that he has an unprecedented mandate. Fasten your seatbelts. Because now it's going to be an up-and-down America! We have to admit that too many Americans want Donald Trump to be in power. Trump's support has also grown among Latino-men, despite the fact that he was running against a black woman who could make history as the first "Madame President." Trump also did not lose the support of black men. "A small but significant portion of black men have historically been hesitant to support black women seeking the highest positions of power," Jolan Youngs and Erica Green wrote in the Times in August. And as Van Jones also said on CNN, "There are many frustrated African-American women who are facing a lot of suffering in exchange for a lot of expectations." James Carville warned that "Democrats should stop coming out as a party of preachy women." In the final days of his campaign, Trump's language became more and more acrimonious. This time the US election was transformed into a major gender war. As Kamala Harris concluded her campaign with Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey and Lady Gaga, Trump and Vance continued to enter the bro-eco system. "If you know a male who hasn't voted, take him to the polling station," Trump adviser Stephen Miller tweeted shortly before the polls ended. A young man at a polling station in Charlotte, North Carolina, told CNN's Brianna Keillor that he was forced to vote for Harris by his girlfriend, who was telling him she would break up with him if he didn't! But all these strategies and mobilisations ultimately did not work. According to the CNN exit poll, Trump won 54 per cent of the male vote and Harris won 54 per cent of the female vote. Harris' strategists hoped that the women's vote share would work for them, but many of the suburban women Harris thought could win over them voted for Trump. It was shocking that Harris could not make the difference she needed with the support of women, while Republicans behave shockingly towards women. Trump, Vance and other Republicans seemed to be doing everything they can to isolate women. Trump used bad words for Harris, Vance even made lewd comments about Harris having no children. As Trump entered the arena during one of his rallies, James Brown's song was playing in the background: 'This is a man's world!' But this could not happen. Kamala Harris had little time to prove herself and although many were satisfied that at least she was not like Donald Trump, but it was not enough to make her win. (From 'The New York Times')