。以往，性别差异被视为政治领域的重要影响因素，但如今，在共和党和民主党选民群体中，基于男性气质与女性气质差异而产生的性别内部差异正逐渐取代传统的性别差距，成为更关键的影响因素。
The Gender Gap Has Taken a Strange Twist The traditional gender gap is losing ground as a key factor in politics to intragender gaps that have emerged among Republican and Democratic voters along the fault lines of masculinity and femininity.
这种新现象表现为同一性别群体内部的分化，而非以往人们所关注的男女之间的性别差异。这种现象自1980年罗纳德·里根与吉米·卡特竞选之后开始受到关注。那些自认为极具男子气概的白人男性大多支持特朗普总统；而那些对自身男子气概评价较低、对男子气概的认知较为模糊的男性，则极少支持特朗普。这两类群体间的差异即便不比传统性别差距更大，也毫不逊色。
This recent development involves differences within each gender, as opposed to the gender gap between men and women, which came to the forefront in the aftermath of the 1980 election between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, Men — specifically white men — who see themselves as extremely masculine tend to support President Trump, while those who are weaker in their assessment of their masculinity — or in how they think about masculinity — are far less likely to support Trump. The gap between the two is just as significant if not more significant than the gender gap.
在女性群体中同样出现了类似现象，只是程度稍轻，且存在多种不同的解读方式。
A similar, but more complex spread has emerged among women, although it is smaller and lends itself to competing interpretations.
虽然用“性别内部差异”来替代“性别差距”听起来像是仅存在于学术圈内的理论探讨，但这些差异的实际规模恰恰能反映出近年来共和党与民主党各自的政策主张。
While the invocation of intragender gaps instead of a “gender gap” may sound like an intellectual exercise relevant only in ivory towers, the size of these gaps provides insight into the distinct Republican and Democratic policy agendas that have emerged in recent years.
长期以来，共和党一直倡导传统家庭价值观，如今该党吸引了更多认同传统性别角色、传统男子气概以及异性恋家庭规范的选民。过去几年里，共和党在这些议题上的立场也愈发保守。
The Republican Party, long the champion of traditional family values, now draws an even larger share of voters who believe in traditional gender roles, conventional masculinity and heterosexual family norms. And the party has gotten more conservative on these issues over the past few years.