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Harrison Butker's Speech: The Real Reason Women Raged Over It

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As a longtime advocate for the value of homemaking, I watched in unsurprised awe as the rage-o-sphere melted down over NFL player Harrison Butker’s unapologetically conservative comments in a commencement speech last month at Benedictine College, a Catholic university.

And, as is often the case when women are offended on the internet, much of the discussion made little sense and had more to do with feelings than coherent logic (although a lack of coherent logic is hardly a female-specific problem on the internet these days).

The truth is, when we cut through the noise and consider the bigger picture, we see that Butker’s comments caused backlash because he maintained the truth that feminists have been trying to deny for decades. And he refused to apologize.

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Isa is a homemaker, homeschooler, and writer who lives in the Ozarks with her husband and two children. After being raised with a progressive atheist worldview, she came to the Lord as a young woman and now has a heart to restore the classical Christian view of femininity.
Isa is a homemaker, homeschooler, and writer who lives in the Ozarks with her husband and two children. After being raised with a progressive atheist worldview, she came to the Lord as a young woman and now has a heart to restore the classical Christian view of femininity.




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