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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the ones who remain uncritical and accepting of this AHole's speech..

This guy said a lot of things and maybe you agree with most of it and don't believe it was offensive.  [b]However, what he DID SAY EXACTLY was that:

Women have their place in the world and that is as a homemaker.  Someone who should NOT have a career/NOT make a career an option and only aspire to be a mother and wife.[/b]

For this alone, it's offensive.  There were women in this school who intend to use their degrees they just received to build a career.  How do you actually defend his speech in the context of this?  That it's a conservative Christian school is irrelevant because his speech was not just about Christianity but specifically demeaning all female students in the audience - he's suggesting they not only wasted their time but are garbage for even considering having a career.

I mean, it's not about his entire speech that matters.  No matter how you slice it and dice it about whether what he said was on pointe about Christianity, his words about women are an indisputable insult to the female audience and that in itself is outrageous.  That those who defend him don't even see this or care about this is what is wrong with our society.

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This is absolute BS.  If you're going to claim something was "EXACTLY what he said," then quote his EXACT words.  Here, let me help you:

"For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you. How many of you are sitting here now about to cross this stage and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world."

He in no way was saying that women's place is as a homemaker and only a homemaker.  He acknowledged that many will probably be leading successful careers in the future.  He's simply saying that the greatest achievement is having a family.  That doesn't preclude working.  I would find it mighty strange if ANY parent claimed their greatest achievement was their career, and not their family.  YMMV, but at least quote him correctly.   :roll: [/quote]

Why are women singled out for this? Why not men? Why did he define their roles so rigidly?  He did not say “men and women you have been told lies - your jobs are not as important as being homemakers and parents.”  It was the old trodden gender roles - women as homemakers men as breadwinners.  Tiresome.

And many people choose not to have children. They are also fine choosing that. 
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He said

“She is the one who ensures I never let football or my business become a distraction from that of a husband and father.”

So what if a woman wants to be a homemaker?

Many women, including well educated high earning leftists on this site choose to be homemakers.

So what? Some people prefer traditional gender roles and others don’t. [/quote]

You don’t find that sad that he would be distracted dad if she wasn’t around? This board is full of women complaining about this day after day after day….[/quote]
+1 This is yet another "the woman is the adult and the man is a child that the woman has to manage" scenario. All while he says men should embrace their masculinity.  Whatever that means.[/quote]

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