"A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power

Guno צְבִי said:
"Removed [sic] this woman from public service," declared influential Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon, part of the "TheoBros" movement that includes the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's church. Soon other TheoBros jumped in, declaring "We need Christian men leading the fight against abortion," arguing that women's suffrage was a mistake, and accusing Hawkins of emasculating her husband by being "busy jet-setting."

Forty-five percent of female voters backed Trump in 2024, despite his overt misogyny. Most, no doubt, believed that complicity would protect them and that the attacks would be centered on other women. But while the GOP certainly wants to strip liberal and feminist women of their rights, male MAGA leaders are showing increasing interest in bringing Republican women to heel, both culturally and through the force of law. After all, they are more likely to live and work with Republican women. If they want to feel the full flowering of male domination, it's Republican women they need to see submitting.



Webbon and the TheoBros have been clamoring more loudly in recent months about their wish to strip women, especially their own wives, of the right to vote. "You won't let women vote? Well, our society doesn't let five-year-olds vote," Webbon explained in a May podcast. He added that "a woman is like a child" and that "God has appointed men to protect them." As Sarah Stankorb at the New Republic documented, there has been growing support in Christian nationalist circles "for the repeal of the 19th Amendment and support a 'household vote' system in which men vote on behalf of their families." Hegseth's former sister-in-law reports she heard him echo similar sentiments.

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"A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power

Conservative women believe complicity will save them. But an emboldened far-right is gunning for their rights
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Ballot initiatives re. abortion allowed women to protect their rights, and still vote against having a woman in the White House. It think that hurt Harris.

It's a sad state of affairs in this nation when women don't believe a woman should be POTUS
 
Guno צְבִי said:
Similarly, there's been a slowly rising volume on the right of talk about banning no-fault divorce, fueled by Republicans like Vice President JD Vance saying it's too easy for women — even those in abusive marriages — to leave their marriages. Legislators in red states are filing more bills to do so, and while it's unlikely any will pass soon, the goal is to create more momentum for an eventual ban. This would affect Republican women more because, as with abortion bans, only red states would even consider such laws. It's also true that red states have higher divorce rates than blue states, because sexist cultural mores lead to more unhappy marriages. But rather than treating their wives better, MAGA men are looking at making it illegal for their wives to leave them.

There have been recent visceral examples of how the increasingly bold sexism on the right is impacting women, especially in Republican circles.
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That would probably help women. An abusive, or cheating husband might be held at fault.
 
Phantasmal said:
These type of women need a daddy, they need domination. I have no problem with that, it’s a personal choice, but my issue is when they wish to make us all Hand Maidens, then I have a problem. I do not believe in their religion, I do not believe in male dominance.
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LOL. Michelle Bachman comes to mind
 
Guno צְבִי said:
Similarly, there's been a slowly rising volume on the right of talk about banning no-fault divorce, fueled by Republicans like Vice President JD Vance saying it's too easy for women — even those in abusive marriages — to leave their marriages. Legislators in red states are filing more bills to do so, and while it's unlikely any will pass soon, the goal is to create more momentum for an eventual ban. This would affect Republican women more because, as with abortion bans, only red states would even consider such laws. It's also true that red states have higher divorce rates than blue states, because sexist cultural mores lead to more unhappy marriages. But rather than treating their wives better, MAGA men are looking at making it illegal for their wives to leave them.

There have been recent visceral examples of how the increasingly bold sexism on the right is impacting women, especially in Republican circles.
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No fault divorce is a disgrace when men are demonstrably shat upon in the marriage.
 
Althea said:
Why don't you explain it to us? Nobody can challenge a divorce now. Without no fault, one party would prove that the other party was negligent.
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the bias against men in the court systems, as well as the family law courts, allows for a woman to file for divorce simply because she wants to. She can then take his kids, half his stuff, get spousal support, even claim domestic abuse and not have to provide any proof, forcing the soon to be ex husband to try and prove he didn't do anything, all because the woman is no longer happy.

79% of people who commit suicide are male. Of those 79%, men who have been divorced are 9 times more likely to commit suicide as compared to divorced women. Why do you think that is, if you can answer honestly and without being sarcastic or petty.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
the bias against men in the court systems, as well as the family law courts, allows for a woman to file for divorce simply because she wants to. She can then take his kids, half his stuff, get spousal support, even claim domestic abuse and not have to provide any proof, forcing the soon to be ex husband to try and prove he didn't do anything, all because the woman is no longer happy.

79% of people who commit suicide are male. Of those 79%, men who have been divorced are 9 times more likely to commit suicide as compared to divorced women. Why do you think that is, if you can answer honestly and without being sarcastic or petty.
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You are describing no fault divorce. That is not what this thread is about.
 
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