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Homemaker.
This is the divisive part of Harrison Butker's commencement speech at Benedictine College. This is the hot take.
FIRST, if you are upset, I want you to listen to the speech. The WHoLe THING. Not just PART of it. NOT just a HEADLINE, or a snippet. The whole speech.
Because I heard Harrison Butker say that many women will go on to have great careers, AND many of them are likely excited about being a wife and mother. Both. Both can be true. He said that.
The man then wept on stage talking about how well his wife cares for him and their children. He cherished her contributions to their family.
Because being a mom and wife IS the most important part of my life.
In a society that has seen multiple NFL players arrested for domestic abuse, it's absolutely bonkers to me that we're vilifying the man who stood up and said something like, "honor your spouse's unique qualities as a homemaker."
Harrison Butker is a Catholic man. Speaking at a Catholic university. To Catholic students. Espousing Catholic ideas that women are central to the home.
He didn't say women can't or shouldn't work. He didn't say women are lesser or "belong in the kitchen."
He said women are special and unique.
The homemakers.
And I loved it."
Copied from FB..Nichole Stevenson
Homemaker.
This is the divisive part of Harrison Butker's commencement speech at Benedictine College. This is the hot take.
FIRST, if you are upset, I want you to listen to the speech. The WHoLe THING. Not just PART of it. NOT just a HEADLINE, or a snippet. The whole speech.
Because I heard Harrison Butker say that many women will go on to have great careers, AND many of them are likely excited about being a wife and mother. Both. Both can be true. He said that.
The man then wept on stage talking about how well his wife cares for him and their children. He cherished her contributions to their family.
Because being a mom and wife IS the most important part of my life.
In a society that has seen multiple NFL players arrested for domestic abuse, it's absolutely bonkers to me that we're vilifying the man who stood up and said something like, "honor your spouse's unique qualities as a homemaker."
Harrison Butker is a Catholic man. Speaking at a Catholic university. To Catholic students. Espousing Catholic ideas that women are central to the home.
He didn't say women can't or shouldn't work. He didn't say women are lesser or "belong in the kitchen."
He said women are special and unique.
The homemakers.
And I loved it."
Copied from FB..Nichole Stevenson