They have included that there is an association between homosexuality and pedophilia; that adultery, homosexuality, no-fault divorce, and abortion should be outlawed under a regime of “soft patriarchy”; and that elements of the US Civil Rights Act, including its prohibitions against workplace sex discrimination, should be wound back. Read more at The Guardian
Yenor believes that employers should be legally permitted to discriminate against women in the workplace, and has advocated for legal changes that would allow businesses “to support traditional family life by hiring only male heads of households, or by paying a family wage”—that is, denying women jobs solely on the basis of their sex or … Read more
Women of both parties were less likely to support a return to traditional gender roles than men. Support for a return to traditional gender roles was highest among Republican men at 87 percent, followed by Republican women at 79 percent. Democratic women were the least likely to support a return to traditional gender roles — … Read more
Numerous other groups that have studied the problem say forcing or even encouraging marriage will not make poverty disappear. And a recent study by a team at the University of South Carolina found that when state laws make it harder for pregnant women to get divorced, they’re more likely to be killed by their partners. … Read more
Nobody sums up how we got here better than Donald Trump. In his own words: “For 54 years, they were trying to get Roe v. Wade terminated, and I did it, and I’m proud to have done it.” If he is elected president again, make no mistake: He will sign a national abortion ban. And … Read more
Of course, we all know what “protect” really means in this context: it means “control”. Should he become president again, Trump and his allies seem intent on massively expanding the power of the president and eliminating hard-won freedoms. Conservative lawmakers and influencers want to control a woman’s access to reproductive healthcare. They want to control … Read more
As many feminist critics — myself included — have argued, Vance’s relentless talk about children isn’t rooted in a true enthusiasm for the joys of parenthood. Instead, it’s about leveraging childbirth as a weapon against women’s equality, driving them out of the workforce and into dependent relationships with men. That’s why he also opposes affordable … Read more
The choice of Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate underscores how impossible it is to strike the balance Trump wants. Vance was clearly picked as a play for the bro vote. He may be awkward in most ways, but Vance channels both the male entitlement and unvarnished loathing of women that defines … Read more
Don’t Be Fooled By Trump’s Big Display Of Killing Project 2025 Most importantly, the work that Project 2025 was doing is basically already done. It assembled a 900-page blueprint for a radical far-right agenda for Trump II and became a clearinghouse for potential personnel in a second Trump term. Perhaps a better way to phrase … Read more
Ultimately, Republicans want fetal personhood—which affords embryos the same rights as people—but that unscientific principle will make IVF unsustainable because embryos are always lost in the process. … Republicans haven’t just limited themselves to reproductive rights; they are also coming for women’s legal rights. Consider the Republican bid to end no-fault divorce—something that was signed … Read more
