Posted on Oct 22, 2026 UTC

We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share subtle signs that someone is secretly right-wing. They shared a lot of red flags for spotting right-wing men , and here are the indicators they gave for women:

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"Women who are conservative tend to be cagey about answering how they voted, or say they are 'not very political' and feign being moderate. (Honestly, all conservative folks can have a tendency to do this if they think their honest answer won’t be well received.)"

—Anonymous, 40, Nonbinary, Texas

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"One sign is when women make excuses for bad male behavior or still support public figures who have allegations of abuse or right-wing ideals. I think right-wing women are really just pick-mes that grew up in and still live around a predominantly right-wing community. I think of it more like Stockholm syndrome when a woman is really hardcore MAGA.…