Women More Pragmatic on Republic?

Does this explain women’s consistently lower support for Republic?  “Australians don’t truck much with symbols.That’s why support for the republic has waned. Our current system of government entrenches the view that the Duke of Cambridge’s baby, by virtue of birth, is somehow better than my own. More entitled and more qualified to lead. Less prone to be swayed by the heat and light of everyday politics, and eminently more trustworthy in a constitutional crisis. That very notion undermines our democratic values, as well as the egalitarianism at the core of our people. But most Australians are untroubled by this. These grievances are theoretical, esoteric. They don’t impede our everyday life and therefore are not worth much worrying about. They don’t trouble our pragmatism.”  WfaAR doesn’t agree because this argument is too theoretical. Any constitutional crisis will be sorted out by the Governor-General in Canberra not the Australian monarch in London. It’s not about symbols ultimately but comes down to how to elect the head of state. But this could explain why woman won’t spend time thinking about the Republic until they have to vote on it. That’s pretty pragmatic. [“The Truth about Pragmatists” by James Brown, The Saturday Paper, 21 June 2014]