Yes, Working Conservative Women Have Intrinsic Value
It's not up for debate.
Megyn Kelly pointed out a disturbing trend of a small but VeryOnline segment of the American political right demanding conservative women stop working in order to get married.
For doing this, the journalist - also a devoted wife and mother - was accused of being a bad influence on women.
Adding to the ridiculous pile-on was DailyWire commentator Matt Walsh. He accused Kelly of being a radical feminist girlboss and suggested women can only serve in the home.
Truthfully, I’ve never been a fan of this guy. He got famous simply for posting Facebook statuses. And his recent hot takes - including his definition of what an American is - have been awful.
Tearing down conservative women who work isn’t an alpha move or a way to boost men; quite the opposite. This is like the inverse of feminists tearing down men. I loathe it.
I’m tired of both the radical feminists (Megyn Kelly isn’t one of them, sorry!) AND these red pillers who speak in broad strokes and empty platitudes to rake in the X engagement bait cash.
As I posted on social media earlier today, I - a “working” conservative woman - am hear to tell you that my fellow “working” conservative women and I have intrinsic value.
Many are good mothers and wives.
Financial stability when you’re single or married is a benefit-not a burden.
Working doesn’t negate one’s desire to get married and raise a family.
Many working women today are self-employed and work from home-not for “The Man” or in the office.
Conservative women who work know how to cook, clean, and some of us even know how to obtain our own food sources.
Not everything is black and white. VeryOnline guys lumping every woman who works with the feminist girlboss stereotype isn’t helpful; it’s counterproductive.
Thankfully, they aren’t representative of men IRL. Good men in the real world don’t behave like this and appreciate women who are multifaceted.
Stay the course, ladies. You have intrinsic value whatever you set your mind to- SAHM, career, or hybrid.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!
Thank you very, very much for saying this. It needs to be said, frequently and loudly. Gender is important in the bedroom but not in the boardroom. Your bullet points clearly explain this. When I began my career (engineering), there were no other female engineers on the team. Just before I retired, I was in a team meeting discussing strategic project goals and methods; over half of the attendees were female. That progress has led to better outcomes simply because diversity led to wider, more encompassing views. In that case, and many others, that diversity is well-earned.
With all due respect, ma’am, America will continue to struggle with gender- and race-based discrimination so long as we use gender or color as adjectives. Respect is earned on the basis of performance and outcome, not a physical characteristic. Many of your readers (like me) are old enough to remember Mr. King on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Don’t let the Walsh’s of the world tell you any differently, and I urge you to take your own advice: STAY THE COURSE!
Matt Walsh makes some good points sometimes but he’s way too negative and closeminded