The myth of conservatives' 'Woman Problem'

The New York Times and the Washington Post this weekend reliably rolled out articles arguing that being socially conservative is a huge turnoff for female voters — and thus imply that Christianity and traditional values are conspiracies to repress women, or something like that.

One of the main “data points” in this campaign has been the claim that Rick Santorum — the pro-life, pro-big family Catholic who personally opposes contraception uses — is unpopular among woman voters. Many media outlets, like the New York Times, have even tried to claim this is true among GOP primary voters, in complete contradiction of the facts — Santorum does better among women than among men, according to exit polls.