When I first got involved in politics, I erred more on the side of free markets, free ideas, and fundamental rights and freedoms, what is typically considered right wing. That's not to delve into my personal ideology, because I feel it's not necessarily relevant in this matter, but the moment you even begin to hint ideologically that you are a woman and you are perhaps on the right wing, you suddenly get ostracized, because that's not the correct view, apparently. I hear this from many women who share my views or who are on the side of the spectrum with me, that we should be supporting government funding for everything, from day care to health care and other such programs. Again, it's not just me. It almost feels as if in political rhetoric today, many women who even consider being conservative feel ostracized, especially amongst young women. They feel that they cannot be a feminist and a conservative, because feminist values are somehow contrary to the beliefs conservatives have. I mean lower case “c” conservative in this case.
Again, the pro-life/pro-choice example, on which I don't believe my opinion matters, is something I observe quite heartily, because I have friends on both sides of that issue who are constantly demeaning and fighting one another and making it seem like there's a right and wrong answer for women.