{"id":124859,"date":"2026-02-06T06:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124859\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T06:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:12:23","slug":"opinion-the-mistake-of-feminism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124859\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion | \u2018The Mistake of Feminism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">Roe v. Wade is decided at during a particular surge of feminism and female advancement in American society. I think it\u2019s very hard for a lot of people to imagine a world where abortion is restricted as it was in 1955, but you have the landscape of female achievement and opportunity that you have in the 2020s. Do you think there\u2019s a tension there? I mean, I think that the tension is an unnecessary one. I think we\u2019ve walked ourselves into a brick wall and we didn\u2019t need to do it. The mistake of feminism \u2014 and not first wave, I think first wave was beautiful, but then as we went further down the waves with feminism, the mistake was to say, well, now I need to be the same as men, not just have equal status under the law, but now I need to be the same. And so if a man can\u2019t get pregnant, then I shouldn\u2019t have to get pregnant. So then if we have sex and he\u2019s not pregnant and then I get pregnant, then I should be able to disappear the pregnancy. That\u2019s not reality. The reality is men and women are different. And the reality is, when you get pregnant, you\u2019re pregnant with a new human life that also has rights and bodily autonomy and a whole lifetime of choices in front of them. I would argue what\u2019s truly pro-woman, and certainly going to make for a more just and loving society, is to acknowledge the differences between men and women and acknowledge what sex does. Because I think this is the root of the issue. We see sex today \u2014 and this was the sexual revolution on steroids, the free love movement \u2014 sex should be divorced at all times for adult pleasure, as long as there\u2019s consent, whatever that means. It should be divorced from consequences, responsibility, and certainly procreation. And that\u2019s not reality either, because sex creates new life, and sex is incredibly bonding. And sex is also, I think, sacred and belongs in lifelong commitment, which is why historically, we\u2019ve valued sex in marriage as something really special, where it belongs. And that\u2019s what I would say is as the tragic mistake we\u2019ve made. And that\u2019s why people now have this view of sex as recreational. And it\u2019s less \u2014 they\u2019ve lowered the bar for its value. And then the next step is you say human life isn\u2019t valuable. We live on the far side of the sexual revolution. And I think any plausible world where abortion is restricted is not going to be a world where you have an immediate return to large-scale premarital chastity. And so it is most likely going to be a world where you have a lot of pregnancies in difficult circumstances that under current conditions would end in abortion. You\u2019re talking about reality. A core reality is that of difference between men and women, is that in a situation where there\u2019s an unplanned or unexpected pregnancy, women do bear a burden that men don\u2019t bear. What is the responsibility of society, government, public policy to be cognizant of that and provide some kind of special support? Is that an obligation? Is there inherent in the pro-life argument, is there a case for a kind of public provision of support for women who are being asked to carry pregnancies? I would say absolutely, yes. And I think part of Life Action\u2019s advocacy is certainly we want to abolish abortion. We don\u2019t \u2014 legal abortion is at its core unjust, and it should not be permitted. Abortion should not be permitted. But I do think the government should provide \u2014 there should be safety nets for people that find themselves in tough situations to support children. And I also think there should be public policy to encourage marriage because I\u2019m not so, I guess, pessimistic about the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roe v. 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