• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    It’s not like he’s running a tradwife store where you can just pick docile, fully trained housewife off the shelf, is he?

    Not personally. But that’s the model he’s championing. Covenant Marriages, claw-back of parental rights, restrictions on travel, a reversion to the pre-1970s laws on restrictions against women owning property or accessing credit, repealing the 19th amendment, lowering the legal age of marriage, establishing fucking dowries for the woman’s family paid out by the prospective husband… At the end of the day, this might be more comparable to Women as Real Estate than Women as Grocery Store Shelf Items. But it’s absolutely commoditization of an entire gender of people.

    All he’s saying is that marriage and having children can provide the sort of structure and meaning in life

    That’s not what he’s saying at all.

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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      11 days ago

      But it’s absolutely commoditization of an entire gender of people.

      Did you miss the word “usually” in there? He’s not even claiming that ALL women need to get married and have children in order to achieve a sense of purpose or fulfillment in life.

      To be fair though, the same is also true for men.