The feminist movement came of age in the late 1960’s and the early 1970’s. The movement had two good ideas when it began, both of which have resulted in changes to American society. The two good ideas were equal pay for equal work and an end to domestic violence. Statistics show that women in the workforce are generally paid the same wages as men. When they are not, they generally win the lawsuits they file. We have made strides in domestic violence, but I am not sure we will ever end it.

But there was something the feminist movement left out. Women are uniquely created to be different than men. Women are designed to play a different role in society than men. A women can choose to have a successful career or to raise a family. It’s difficult to do both at the same time (although a lot of women succeed in doing both). What the feminist movement failed to acknowledge was the value of women who had children, stayed at home to raise them, and successfully ran their households. When you don’t value motherhood, bad things happen in society. Abortion becomes an acceptable choice for much of society. The value of life is lessened. This results in a birthrate below the replacement numbers needed. It also leads down a slippery slope where young women don’t have a strong female role model devoted to family life.

When abortion because the focus of feminism, the feminist movement lost its way and any moral authority it might have had was lost. That leads to where we are today. Young female college students are protesting in support of a Palestinian State. Do they understand what that state would look like? In the 1970’s Iran was a relatively free country. The Shah was far from perfect, but women dressed as they pleased and were  allowed to access education. There was a group of young people who wanted socialism (communism) and joined the religious movement to overthrow the Shah. The students who supported socialism had no idea what was in store for them. As soon as the Mullahs took power, they executed the socialists who helped them achieve power. Women then became second class citizens—burkas, no access to education, no freedom to travel alone, and no penalty for beating your wife. These aspects of Sharia Law would also be part of a Palestinian State, and will eventually come to America if we continue to elect Muslims and Democrat Socialists.

Where are the feminists?