One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.

What I've found is that there is an enormous shift taking place in our society. Suddenly there are all young women who are better educated and earning more money than men their age. When young couples today decide to marry, they have very different expectations of one another than their parents did. And there's even been change at the very top of the career ladder. People tend to underestimate that.

Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.

Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.

If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me.

I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'

That's not a convincing argument. Public sector jobs are cyclical. Teachers get fired when money is tight, then rehired when things get better. Manufacturing jobs, on the other hand, aren't coming back. They're relics of a past age.