A gut feeling has a whole rational explanation behind it: It is one or several subconcious observations of real things that you perceive in something or someone. (fashion-landscape.com)
Unless we get our thinking changed and get the messages hidden in our subconcious minds changed, we will constantly short circuit. (nakedpastor.com)
Combine that with sexism (both overt and subconcious) and the fact that they surrounded themselves with incompetent sycophants. (sbnation.com)