That sounds ridiculous.

I also don't live in the US, but in my country we are encouraged to not vote or "vote blank" if we don't agree with any of the parties. It's a way of expressing your displeasure with all of the parties up for election.

In the USA, there are serious proposals for adding "none of the above" to each contest. Some even suggest if "none of the above" wins, there's a do-over with all new candidates.

Years ago, we had a local race for judge where both candidates were revealed to be despicable (during their campaign). A do-over would have been great.

I can't imagine a male (a real male) not voting because of that. Sounds like those comments were in jest.

You would surprised by how easy people are "influenced"... Just heard some conspiracy theories from people I though were "sane" and I can tell you that people believe anything you tell them if that aligns somehow with their belief system.

"Grab them by the ballots" facebook page with naked fat woman is not a jest. Would discourage me surely.