I don’t even know what to say to this.

I just –

The researchers found that during the fertile time of the month, when levels of the hormone estrogen are high, single women appeared more likely to vote for Obama and committed women appeared more likely to vote for Romney, by a margin of at least 20%, Durante said. This seems to be the driver behind the researchers’ overall observation that single women were inclined toward Obama and committed women leaned toward Romney. Here’s how Durante explains this: When women are ovulating, they “feel sexier,” and therefore lean more toward liberal attitudes on abortion and marriage equality. Married women have the same hormones firing, but tend to take the opposite viewpoint on these issues, she says. “I think they’re overcompensating for the increase of the hormones motivating them to have sex with other men,” she said. It’s a way of convincing themselves that they’re not the type to give in to such sexual urges, she said. Durante’s previous research found that women’s ovulation cycles also influence their shopping habits, buying sexier clothes during their most fertile phase.

So if you see a slut in a short skirt voting for Obama on November 6, ask her if she’s married, offer her a tampon and then tell her she really meant to vote for Romney but she just doesn’t know it because her hormones are fucking up her mind-head.

As a side note, my favorite bit of this article is this:

Please continue reading with caution. Although the study will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Science, several political scientists who read the study have expressed skepticism about its conclusions.

YA THINK!?

It couldn’t be that women feel as if they should maintain some control over their own bodies: Who gets to enter them and who gets to come out. It couldn’t be that single women feel more targeted by Republican policies. Nooooo. We lean liberal because of our fucking periods and whether or not we’re married.

I swear to–

UPDATE: My issue is not with the methodology of the study, or even that the study was conducted. People conduct studies on all kinds of silly bullshit that don’t make it into the mainstream media, so, ultimately, nobody gives a fuck. My issue is that CNN published this tripe — two weeks before an election so crucial to women and women’s reproductive rights — and given CNN’s rightward leanings, the article feeds into an overarching meme that there is something wrong with unmarried or childless women. And especially since no comparative study about men’s voting habits has been conducted or published, this article feeds ugly stereotypes about women being emotional and incapable of rational thought. The article trivializes our thought processes and decision making. It trivializes those of us who pay attention to politics — those of us who think about what these candidates and their respective parties stand for, and those of us who are fighting the war against inner-vaginal governments — and chalks it all up to our periods.

THAT IS BULLSHIT.

UPDATE 2: CNN has removed the post, ostensibly because hormonal bitches be all upset.

Next time, try not posting that sort of crap in the first place, ya dig?