'What is going to happen if you push women out into the workforce?' - BBC

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1971. The main focus of ambitious and extremely capable Republican wife and home-maker Mrs Phyllis Schlafly is the on-going nuclear arms talks between Nixon and Brezhnev, until she is made aware of the potential drafting of young women to fight in Vietnam if the highly popular Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the Senate. She is determined to organise the opposition to the ERA for 40 million American housewives who appreciate the status quo.
Mrs America | Series 1 Episode 1 | BBC
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[@hobsonfamily778]

“Women are going to find themselves with two full time jobs.” - to be fair she had a point.

[@perperson199]

She is right

[@jflores85]

Yep. This is what they wanted.

[@adambarnes1952]

Yes. Women want it all. Good luck with that. See how happy you are with that in the end. I job that didn’t matter in the end and a husband you had to settle with (if you can even find one) because you waited too long.

[@RK-ep8qy]

@@adambarnes1952 did you know the higher your IQ as a woman, the less inclined you are to marry probably because the options have always been so poor

[@adambarnes1952]

@@RK-ep8qy I can agree with that. Not just for women though, man also.

[@litzburger]

Her accent is on point. What a wonderful actress.

[@TransgirlsEnjoyer]

still married to puckered british orange lmao

[@ileolai]

people in the comments seem to be missing the fact that she's moaning about being persecuted for being a homemaker, then turns around and rips into single women for their own choices, which reeks of hypocrisy. she's not being presented as a voice of reason lol

[@raindropsneverfall]

I guess the others haven't seen the trailers ;)

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

I think she was only returning fire but I could be wrong.

[@riverdays364]

@dev0n jameslol no it isn't. It actually happened. Republicans are so cringe they create hit pieces on themselves by accident 😂

[@jeremybobbin]

The reason it's not hypocrisy is she's not seeking a constitutional solution for her personal problems.

[@arsuysra]

Exactly !

[@jimindecarlo9356]

Theres nothing wrong with being a homemaker or an admin assistant or both. All three situations are equally miserable and delightful.

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Personal tastes will change the sensation of pain and pleasure. User discretion is advised.

[@kendall452]

Nothing wrong with the choice to be and do those things, but this women exploited this conversation for political gain. She became a women that was able to say what men wanted to say and advocated for gender inequality. She didnt even want to be a home maker. She ran for congress and wanted a cabinet position and went to law school.

[@sailorrosethemagicalwriter]

I dream of becoming a homemaker and an author and marriage is a very big dream of mine

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

@@sailorrosethemagicalwriter A delightful thing to hear, and venerable compared to the strange rampant ego nowadays.

[@noname-bt9ky]

I love Ukraine.

[@oldskoolordie]

The only people who benefit from more workers are business owners.

[@axshman6914]

Careful what you say, they might not appreciate it

[@candicefrost4561]

The women who have money and means to escape their abusive husbands might disagree with you. The ones that weren’t murdered by the men who were so great to be married to, cuz you know, marriage is so great.

[@oldskoolordie]

@candicefrost4561 yes a very small minority of women benefit from working but the breakup of traditional families and marriage has ruined society. Feminism ultimately didn't benefit most women. As I said the employers benefit the most. While virtue signalling their new cheaper employees. The vast majority of divorces are instigated by women if you want to argue the case for who is mainly responsible for this destruction.

[@marlee7389]

No. Those that tax us. The governments also have more control over the children. Brainwashing of them and owning them. Owning more people. Taxing more people.

[@marlee7389]

Dear Candice. Not all men are violent murderers. In fact MOST aren't.

[@rosehepworth3365]

Women are often harsh to each other sometimes, not just men to women. I can recall when I was a housewife looking after my child, I often felt the working women looking down on me for not working in a ‘what-is-wrong-with-you’ way, but then when I became a working mum, I often felt I couldn’t be there for my child and it also felt wrong. It’s hard for both whether you’re a homemaker or a working mum, we should understand that and try not to be too harsh and judgmental towards each other.

[@femininelounge9240]

Hi Rose, so sorry to hear about that. I often find women who are judgemental are jealous and envious. If I was your friend, I would have encouraged you to do what you can to stay at home and f**k those friends. Sometimes as women we know the truth but were waiting for other people to cosign our choices. 9-5 is definitely overrated and unhealthy at different chapters of motherhood. But like you say we all have to make decisions for ourselves. My cousin was a VP at JPMORGAN. She went back to work after her daughter was 3 months old. She was divorced within a year and found out she had lupus. I encouraged her to become a consultant as that was more flexible. Don't let people force you into a box.

[@ahuman-being3767]

of course, they looked down upon you, you were incapable to find a job on your own. If I am in the situation that I have to marry a man to save me from starving in the street, I will look down on myself too, it makes me feel worthless as if without a man l’m nothing

[@rosehepworth3365]

A Human-being You’re obviously incapable of reading a comment fully. I didn’t need a man to save me. I married a man I fell in love with and we have a child together, which is called ‘marriage’. By the way, I did get a job when my child started school. So you think a child grows up by themselves? Motherhood is a sacred job that’s in fact no comparison to any jobs I have had so far and I’m in a teaching position and I work as a translator and interpreter as a career woman but being a mother is a tricky job of all. You know, people like you are the ones I’m talking about. I bet you don’t have a family to look after, or you just don’t get the idea of ‘looking after someone else’ other than yourself, and yet here you are talking as if you knew what you’re talking about. By the way, calling yourself a human-being does not automatically make you one. You need to possess some level of ‘humanity’ to call yourself a human. Otherwise, what are we? Even my dog has more humanity than you.

[@ljllob4740]

A Human-being nothing wrong with being a house wife mate

[@ahuman-being3767]

Lj llob, yes, it's not wrong or a crime, it's just you putting yourself in a tricky and vulnerable situation. Married or not yet married, everyone has to take the least responsibility for themselves is to find a job.

[@XP-nt9iy]

Aaaaaaaand this is EXACTLY what has happened.

[@prasadyoutube7823]

they thought it would be satire, but ended up mostly true. lol

[@PickleRick65]

wow. And 50 years later...here...we...are...😬

[@lasshrugged]

Gotta be somewhere

[@allbutperfect]

Capitalism.

[@PickleRick65]

​@@allbutperfect- Nope. Feminism. Which comes straight out of Marxism/Socialism/Communism. And greed is just...greed...

[@TechGeForce585]

@@PickleRick65 How come its from marxism? Elaborate

[@PickleRick65]

@@TechGeForce585 - Look up where "International Women's Day" came from...

[@roy.shrestha]

She isn’t wrong about women having to take care of two full-time jobs

[@candicefrost4561]

But the problem is men not picking up any work or trying to support their wives. It’s literally been proven with statistics.

[@waiwai5233]

​​Many tried but only to be told they were not done to the women's standards. Keep in mind men still expected to be the top bread winner and also provide domestic support and often not to the wife's satisfaction. The wive's career and wealth often only benefits herself. So yes husands end up not helping to try to avoid this lose lose scenario seeded by Feminism. The issue is that women cannot give up the benefits of the patriachy while still demand more privileges from society.

[@ikemreacts]

WHERE IS THE LIE? PROPHETIC.

[@bellabana]

Cate Blanchett is superb, what an actress, you really believe what she’s saying, yet in real life her views are the opposite!

[@sachinvenugopal6926]

@Marshal Law ha ha .. it is not an easy job .. and these people only bark Infront of camera 😂

[@VanFahnel]

@@sachinvenugopal6926 exactly...they only bark infront of the camera - nothing else

[@sachinvenugopal6926]

@@VanFahnel everything in the name of freedom of expression 😂

[@HisameArtwork]

she's great at playing villains, just watch her as Hella goddess of death. also I looked up the real Shaffly, she didn't deserve such a beautiful actress portraying her, it's very misleading XD

[@fadelsakka4928]

Its called acting...

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

I get the feeling she's supposed to be a kind of "villain" in the story, I'm unsure w/out context. But if so then it's atrocious that a Truth sayer is villainized.

[@KenBro05]

It’s not atrocious anymore, it’s comedy.

[@j.ciloafasho]

What she said was straight facts. I’m aware of the fact this character had ulterior motives, but that’s exactly how programming works. You give the truth to a character people are going to hate, then people discount everything the character says, even if it’s obviously true. Your emotional disdain for the speaker kills your logical acknowledgment of the truth being given.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@Madison williams *politics

[@minirinrin99]

​@Madison williams Funciona en ambas direcciones.

[@elit8032]

Damn right

[@montee3766]

@Madison williams I'd say religion is speaking the truth (at least in their beliefs) but is villinised by modern society and structures like the LGBTQ+ movement.

[@junkerjorg6310]

​@madisonwilliams9346Christ is Lord

[@meechanyo7909]

"Women are going to find themselves with two full time jobs" My God this is so true. My family is the prime example of this. I hate that I have to work even though I want to be a housewife. All that education and money my mom spent on me but I despise the world outside, it's a scary place and I just want to stay home and take care of the house, bake things that make me happy and workout whenever I want. And have one child down the line. But the expectations to succeed and take care of my mom financially is too significant to set aside.

[@bibaolaitan5189]

For this to work, you have to eradicate Female education, because you don't expect women to have the opportunity to dream of becoming something other than a mother and not take it. So you eradicate Female education and the revenue to work out of the home is cutoff. You will just be raised to be a wife and a mother.

[@megax5000]

what's stopping you from quitting and being a full time homemaker/mother?

[@meechanyo7909]

​@@megax5000That huge amount of money my mom has spent on my education

[@megax5000]

@@meechanyo7909 sure but you said you're struggling to pay for your household if only your husband was working. so how would you not working (thanks to your mom educating you) help your situation?

[@meechanyo7909]

@@megax5000 nope. I didn't say I'm struggling to pay for my household exactly. I said I see this happen in my family (as in my aunt and my mom). I'm not married yet and my future husband will work because I won't tolerate being the sole earner in this inflation.

[@dekulevi936]

My uncle is married to a housewife, she take cares and educate her children for their future, while he works a full time job, plus they have strong marriage.

[@acommonman7950]

Misogynistic!

[@Femmeaesthetic]

@@acommonman7950 that's how people view it today

[@robbytheartist3997]

He's a lucky man bro. Tell him how blessed he is.

[@TheJosman]

Good. Both me and my wife work, divide housechores 50/50 and spend time with our kids every night and weekend. We have a strong marriage and provide a lot to our family. Not everyone has to follow one model.

[@ontuneontune1329]

In the end her goal wasn't the welfare of any woman at all, she just wanted to secure a place at the ministry and put forward her nuclear arms agenda.

[@matthewbia]

What

[@margaritam.9118]

M Bia this is a show

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

That is the deal, she didn't wanna compete with any women

[@HisameArtwork]

@MsSunhappy yes it is and watch it, it's great. full of amazing actresses.

[@rachelsl4492]

I fully agree, it seems she took the anti feminist stance, and rode on its coat tails for her own agenda and gain. She was in an 'I'm alright Jack' situation, of being married well, having domestic help, having an education, being in the upper echolons of society; to me she did not want black women and white working class women to have choices and opportunities, so exploited their fight for these rights, dressing it up a a destruction of the so called American way of life (white, anglo saxon, and middle class).

[@fd6024]

Sarah paulson and cate blanchett again together

[@Denis-89]

haven't seen the show but from this short clip Blanchett is amazing, dominating the screen! What an actress!

[@TransgirlsEnjoyer]

typical some celeb infatuated zombie online

[@Allin7days]

At the end, my friends, people, men and women, will do what they want.

[@travis7613]

Allin7days They have that opportunity today, and yet women still complain. Just dont listen. There’s literally no inequality in law and social construct against women.

[@barryhomeowner9293]

@@travis7613 Thank you for your valued opinion, I'll put it in a valued place with the pizza leaflets that come through my door

[@travis7613]

Morgan Kenning not an opinion, though, is it? Because women factually have the opportunity to do what they want, don’t they? I’ll collect that reply, store in my memory alongside the other feminists’ comments who reply with personal attacks and insult.

[@barryhomeowner9293]

@@travis7613 You're factually incorrect, that's why I said it's going with the pizza leaflets.

[@anneb889]

Morgan Kenning How do women not have the same opportunities as men? Women make up more college enrollees. It’s been illegal to pay women less than men since Kennedy. Women often benefit from affirmative action hiring as well. Women have reproductive rights, where men have no say in the child. Men make up more victims of violent crime (and rape if you include prison). Men get longer prison sentences for the same crime. The pay gap has been debunked so many times, yet it’s still repeatedly drilled into everyone’s heads. In America, where is all this so called oppression?

[@pablomartinezcarbonell]

The worst is that every word is true...

[@tamarawest6203]

Cate Blanchett is an absolutely superb actress. I love her. What has been portrayed accurately in this speach is often women who work full time outside the home end up also having a full time role in the home, and understandably being overwhelmed by it. This is happening everywhere in the developed world. To me, "having it all" seems absolutely exhausting and I do not wish it upon myself.

[@anneb889]

Tamara West I recall my mom telling me (in the 80s when I was a kid) that she always thought the women burning their bras were crazy. She said women will go to work full time, and still have to make dinner, do dishes, check homework, give the bathes, grocery shop, run all the errands, run the kids around, scrub the bathroom, do the laundry, etc. She had four children, and said running a house of six was already work. Of course, there was no fast food, my mom didn’t consider ordering a pizza dinner either. Now kids are obese because it’s rare to have a home cooked meal because both parents are running around. When I was in my 20s working, I recall so many women with families running errands during their lunch break, just constantly looking frazzled. My mom was right in a lot of ways. I’m all for women having choices, but I think one of the biggest lies of feminism is “you can have it all.”

[@tamarawest6203]

@@anneb889 I agree with you that "having it all" is a myth. I do see working mothers overburdened with responsibilities everyday which has scared me off having children totally. For those women who choose not to settle down, marry and have children, feminism has really worked in thier favour.

[@TheRexTera]

The future is an earth that is taken over by cats.

[@listen2meokidoki264]

20200807: I will fight them on the beaches. I will fight them on the landing fields.

[@mjproebstle]

which is flat, so the cats will eventually push everything off of the edge!

[@jamespagous3954]

TheRexTera do we have a petition I could sign?

[@thetransavenger]

The film or animal? both equally terrifying

[@listen2meokidoki264]

@bikerdoe Cats should go back to where they came from. And Australia has 26 million of them. We're politely asking them to leave. Forthwith. Would you like say, 10,000? They're highly intelligent and self motivated. And don't need feeding. All you have to supply is water. Usually only during a drought.

[@ebrukopuz394]

I think she has some good points, eg when equity needs to be considered as well. But she’s hypocritical at the end for making fun of a woman who chooses not to have kids

[@saulofontoura]

That’s a sensible answer. LOL at people taking sides here

[@HelenA-vz5wy]

she's simply stating truth

[@lure3110]

Chooses to be single then complain about how men are the worse and they don't need them, then proceed to hook up to everymen they find to contain their frustration, then proceed to be feminist while crying because men doesn't want her anymore because she's nearly 40 and alone. Then states "I chose not to have kids and a man" while crying in jealousy seeing her friend with their husband and kids happily married building their future. I see you.

[@nicholusbaker2830]

The feminist movement was the beginning of the end for humanity.

[@SimpWhiper]

Of the WEST not humanity plenty of countries with traditional values

[@ICringeALot]

@@SimpWhiper yeah but if the west falls-

[@gregrodgers107]

I totally agree with the top comment

[@cherrypie6784]

​@@SimpWhiper soon they will dissappear

[@xxxstar90dustxxxr]

You mean you are the end of humanity.

[@robyn3349]

Neither side was 100% right.

[@strategygalactic]

HR complaints will drop drastically.

[@Chimera_Photography]

Woah I didn’t know BBC did “American” productions, this should be awesome. And Sarah and Cate together? Always a win :)

[@AdrianMendoza23]

This aired in the States a couple of months ago on FX and BBC picked it up. Good mini series.

[@enson8502]

Wether you are for or against what she says in this trailer, we must admit both camp were thinking about the well being of women. And finally, we all know that extreme thinking never ends well. Every woman must find her truth. And respect each others for the path they take in group or individually.

[@amienfadhillah]

Well said

[@legionnairegonk4425]

@James M4 Well it is not unlike the BBC to bend reality (or just plain lie) to fit their preferred liberal narrative. They do it all the time, and get caught with their pants down all the time too.

[@hautakleightontam771]

Thinking about the well being of women? Would someone who actually cared for women like her say this? "By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape." - Phyllis Schlafly, 2007

[@femininelounge9240]

@@hautakleightontam771 you took that right out of context. Show the whole conversation.

[@skillbopster]

There is no such thing as 'her truth'.

[@angelofdeath095]

Dude this is probably BBC's only greatest video ever to exist.

[@icelugedoctor]

Wow, that group was so right about the future back then. That was the argument and that is exactly what happened

[@KenBro05]

I wonder why the word “feminist” is celebrated and the word “misogynist” demonized

[@telecake]

She stated clearly earlier on she was not against women working outside or succeeding in their careers, so I don't see how she was against "gender equality".

[@caleb7551]

It's all proportional, you don't have to full on hate someone to not believe in equality

[@riverdays364]

She says one thing but her actions say another. Don't be so naive.

[@guidzoe6258]

She spent her life trying to stop the equal rights ammendment act from being ratified by all the states... This is a woman who hates women...

[@hautakleightontam771]

"It is ludicrous to suggest that [other jobs] are more self-fulfilling than the daily duties of a wife and mother in the home." "Most women would rather cuddle a baby than a typewriter or factory machine. Not only does the baby provide a warm and loving relationship that satisfies the woman's maternal instinct and returns love for service, but it is a creative and growing job that builds for the future." "We want a society in which the average man earns more than the average woman so that his earnings can fulfil his provider role in providing a home and support for his wife who is nurturing and mothering their children." Does this sound like someone who liked free, successful women who weren't her? A classic Hobson; you can choose any life you want as long as it's in the house, and if you disagree I'll guilt trip you into thinking you're a failure of a woman.

[@user-ei7ed6zy9k]

Successful clickbait.

[@erican3244]

What show is this? As a "libber" and stay at home mom, I'd like to watch it. Also, it's not choosing to stay home and raise a family that's a problem, the problem comes when it isn't an actual choice and a woman just does it because she's "supposed to". It's disturbing how many people still have that archaic mindset. And it's "funny" how they laugh about men's supposed inability to care for their own children. "Ha! Ha! Ha! Men are just incompetent buffoons!" 🙄 And they call feminists man haters.

[@emmeteeny]

It’s called Mrs America

[@backwhenthingsmadesense9418]

Idiot, you just said exactly what she said. The only difference is that you put men down with your own twisted view. You e already got your liberal views so drilled into your head that you don’t know right from wrong anymore. Here’s a tip, instead of drilling the ideas of some feminist idiot you think you like hearing on TV, how about you go and read the Bible. Heaven knows you need a good read anyway. If everyone read the Bible and accepted Jesus as their lord and savior, the world wouldn’t be so lost.

[@erican3244]

@@emmeteeny Thanks!

[@erican3244]

@dev0n james Wtf are you talking about?

[@erican3244]

@dev0n james Yep

[@danelicker317]

Damn!! For an Australian woman, she sure does have the American accent down pat.

[@nansomasundaram5955]

Her dad is American.

[@Pattiesd]

Hmm...some women don't have the 'choice' that she speaks of - especially when the cost of living is higher and requires two incomes to survive! Some work at a full time job and come home to do a second shift especially if their spouses don't help them! The single mum's definitely dont have a choice! Women need to have a seat at the table to make policies and laws that benefit them and their families!

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

Yes! It also makes me cringe how her crowd beings that real women don't work for wages.....like their maids or the women who work on the fields to harvest the wheat, veggies, and fruits so they can make STOP ERA breads and jam?

[@lighttheoryllc4337]

I was a single father once

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Considering I live in a country with high living expenses, I can safely say that this is not entirely true. It is perfectly viable to only have one source of income and maintain a household, the problem really is how materialistic you are and how pampered you want to be. If you're fine with minimalism, in order to cope with the high expenses of frivilous side features, then you'll even end up saving more money and having a better retirement than the household making a higher gross.

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

@@lighttheoryllc4337 The rare single father. How'd it go? How's the child?

[@lighttheoryllc4337]

@@TheKing-qz9wd What?

[@MRiitta]

How does a woman without any experience for work outside home survive when her husband dies and she has herself and kids to support alone? Is her life easy in the US meaning she gets all the support from the State or is the solution to take so big life insurance that it will cover all living expenses of the widow and the kids including education expenses and eventual mortgage, to name a few?

[@cash_eye]

Most likely she comes from a wealthy family here in the states

[@hasancankirac9265]

You are unable to see the message of this video. The point is not that you shouldn't be educated or have no experience in the workforce. The problem is when working women get overglorified and housewives get devalued. The problem starts when far leftist ideologues start describing marriage as "comfortable concentration camps" and condemning monogamy.

[@cash_eye]

@@hasancankirac9265 who's condemning monogamy tell that to the older generations the younger generations myself included have a different point of view so please don't put us all together

[@hasancankirac9265]

@@cash_eye I would appreciate it if you used punctuation in your text because otherwise it becomes hard to understand. If you have read any feminist literature you will clearly see that they consider the entire western civilization to be a perpetual oppression of women and everything that the western mind has created is discriminatory and evil. If by chance it has created something resourceful, it is the consequence of enslaving women. I think this is an appalling and dangerous doctrine at every level. Just look at the terminology used in the feminine mystique. It's designed to paint an image of unnecessary victimhood and scare women away from marriage. It's tolerating and even encouraging promiscuity and discouraging stable familial relations.

[@hasancankirac9265]

MRiitta What happens if a woman chooses to dedicate her life to her career, let's assume she becomes very succesful as a stockbroker and has dozens of wealthy clients whose portfolios she is managing. And one day, when she is 52 years old and all possibilities of building a family have expired, the stock market crashes for the 2nd time. She loses her job, her career and a fair bit of her money. Even if she still has enough money to sustain her for the rest of her life, what is she going to do? She has no family, no work, nothing meaningful in her life. My point in saying this is that disasters happen and if you try and make choices by imagining the worst thing that can happen, you will never find something to do becausd anything can end very badly.

[@aleynademirkol4443]

If you dont want to marry and have kids, dont. Womens only job arent to be a mother. A father can take care of kids and do house work. A woman can do whatever she wants with her life. I personally dont believe in marriage. But good for you if you are married! Im pro choice but that doesnt mean i hate babies. Divorce rates are high because you can get out of a dysfunctional relationship. In the past, couples were miserable because divorce was looked down upon and they had to stay in that relationship. Thank god my mother divorced her psychopath husband.

[@MrDarkoKos]

Tell that to black people(cause there’s no father figures)

[@Guyfrom-dg7ek]

She makes great points that still apply today. Why do feminists have to demean and belittle women who choose to be housewives, to take care of their families, that the only happy women are career women? This is a very noble role that ensures family love and stability.

[@phoebe1555]

If you demean and belittle women who choose to be housewives, you’re not a feminist.

[@hitthefries]

Confirmation bias. Conservative/SAHMs belittle working women too. Both sides are just pecking at each other and they want to claim victim hood for it

[@mythical_dreams613]

Didn't she belittle woman who work too. She made a joke At the end about no one wanting to marry them. Nothing but a hypocrite.

[@SPOCK_TALK]

Cate Blanchett is a RAGING FEMINIST herself. And to this day doesn't see that almost everything Phyllis Schlafly wrote has come to pass. "Once you start down the Dark path, forever it will dominate your Destiny" Jedi Master Yoda

[@Heather-lb4ic]

Support a women's choice to work or not work. Do not sit back in judgement when the choice is made. No matter what choice you have made you have experienced that judgement if you are mother. Sad really.

[@diogopereira1475]

Would you support a man's choice to not work and instead stay at home, realistically? Wouldnt think so... Each have their roles, man works outside the house, woman works inside the house, and its their roles that bring harmony and fullfilment to each other and the whole family

[@Heather-lb4ic]

@Diogo Pereira absolutely would support that. Don't assume. You know what they say about assuming. I support families deciding what works best for them. What I don't support is aholes judging others for not following some gender roles.

[@gageshippy2256]

@@Heather-lb4ic the gender roles exist for a reason. You'd probably judge people for not following the traditional view that homelessness is bad.

[@Heather-lb4ic]

@@gageshippy2256 and the reason is?.....

[@MrTwonetwone]

@@Heather-lb4icI bet you wouldn’t want to get drafted into war

[@anneb889]

I recall as a kid my mom having Phil Donahue in the background and the yelling between working moms and stay at home moms was crazy. I assume that was during this time. Women have more choices today than they ever had. If women choose to stay at home with their kids, and she can afford that (not advocating welfare dependency) good for her. If a woman decides never to marry or have kids, good for her. If a woman wants to be a fire fighter, and can pass the same criteria as a male coworker, good for her. If a woman wants to juggle her work and family with hopefully her partner/kids dad, and they can make it work, good for them. There is no one solution for everyone. Working moms and stay at home moms do seem to shame each other, and this should stop.

[@rachelsl4492]

@GarthanSaal444 your comment is somewhat ignorant and mysoginistic. Not all women want children, not all women can have children, not all women find the right man, due to luck of the straw. Some women don't want to be married for whatever their own personal reasons are. Women do not lose their looks at 40 and can still have children, and do. The statement you made about is mysoginistic and ageist, as not all men want to marry a slip of a girl, who does not yet know herself and what she wants from life, and do also go for someone in their age group. Before you start about fertility, marriage is not just about children, there has to be a common ground.

[@A1RyRy]

Yes don't advocate selfishness or personal responsibility long term like your a kid who can just do whatever and men will be there for you

[@sarmbaker3945]

Ok. I agree, but the difference is women have had a critical evolutionary role that has lasted 100,000 pluse years of darwinistic social norms leading up to current humanity success of procreation leading to the human animals success. Much of the traits that worked are innately evolved into ages of successful gender pacific roles. We are literate made that way. The last 60 years are an anomaly driven but advances that has enabled women to be freed from the realities of their sex role as the mothers of all humanity. Unlike the evolution of humanity passing on the success of the best traits for survival where this gender roles were key. There is buckets of evidence that the rise of feminist doctrine has been a failure. Don’t confuse feminism with equality, it’s really not. Modern feminism has decided that in order to be equal women needed to be like guys while demolishing the very sex s pacific traits they are trying to emulate. Women’s happiness has gone down constantly from the very start of modern feminism. The denial of the sexes differences and nature roles has increasingly destroyed or tried to female femininity and male masculinity and its lead to the decline of birth rate, fertility, male testosterone levels, life contentment and happiness. By almost any metric modern feminism has been a disaster for humanity. Not gender equality, that is a desirable thing that has been proven to be of great benefit for those countries that has embraced it. But as we are not the same trying to force equity by acting the same will never be successful. Each of the two sexes have many benefits unique to thier sex. Male aggression female empathy, male protection instinct, female making humans, these differences are strengths if nurtured and embraced. If not by act but in deeds that results are equally valued in the contributions equality should not be measured by how the same we should be but by what our differences can be combined like different fruits in a fruit salad create a combination that is better then the sums of each part or fruit in this analogy. Eat a apple or eat cherry , both are ok, put them together any yum a new and better taste. So stop the feminist crap. It’s evolved into a detriment, embrace egalitarianism and encourage the contribution both sexes bring to the table. The results will be way better for people’s Heath, happiness and life satisfaction. Stop trying to teach a banana to be to be a orange. It’s is doomed to fail because the only result you’ll ever get by trying to teach a banana to be a Apple wil only result I a very confused banana doing a poor imitation Of a Apple.

[@hermanjacobs4425]

I agree with what she said as a man, not because gender equality won't favour men interests but some feminist ideas like she said creates lots of negativity to the woman to live and work confidently and independently. Because feminists think men take over their jobs and disallow women to express their social and political views freely, which makes them hate men. On the job part, it is the complete opposite of what feminists think because firms always want to hire a worker who could do the job well. As long as the worker could perform the job up to the employer's requirement, gender remains secondary to the employer. In fact, some industries like education have higher female to male ratio due to demand characteristics (i.e: parents regard female teachers able to nurture students as if their children). On the politics part, women have a strong presence in politics despite it is traditionally dominated by men. As a voter myself, I think a politician is still counted as a job who should represent us well and deliver relevantly good policy, voting for a man or a woman is not the only major concern. I live in a city where the head of state is a woman, who is notoriously noted as not democratically elected by the citizens but by a selected group called the election committee and delivering ineffective policies. She hasn't ever advocated woman' rights explicitly and has only been concentrating on policy areas without gender factor. Not all female politicians represent women, some only serve their interests only.

[@Alxnder7]

Feminism is one thing. It had a reason to exist back then. There were actual issues that needed addressing and solving. Neo-feminism on the other hand , (what they try to pass as "feminism" in our times) is a pre-designed social engineering project which exploits many feminine traits by spreading confusion, resentment and misunderstanding, for political gain. It works wonderfully, like in how it also fosters things like single mother famililes, hence parental alienation syndrome, which goes to perpetuate the vicious circle by breeding women who resent men from childhood and come primed for it.

[@killakaiju]

She's not wrong now women have to work two jobs 😂

[@thogeorow]

Studied women's civil rights in my history a level and this show doesn't miss a beat. Perfectly weaves the political and personal with some amazing performances.

[@edwardk3]

Is it as one sided in university as the syllabus makes it seem?

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Yeah I'm sure it follows the narrative taught to a T...

[@stevelucky7579]

This was probably meant as mockery, but if they did think this at the time then they are right. As we can see in our present day.

[@brocknokli7145]

She's supposed to be the villain. But we know she's a heroine.

[@FloorEncer]

The Daughters of the American Revolution. We were revolting then, and we're still revolting...As portrayed by the Capitol Steps.

[@KenBro05]

And you will continue to revolt until you end up all alone, and then one day you will come to realize that this whole entire time you were revolting against your own allies, your own partners. Who do you think benefits from it? Your enemies. But who are your enemies? If you have no enemies, then no one benefits. NO ONE

[@listen2meokidoki264]

20200807: It is as complicated as you want it to be.

[@robmanzur601]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 my God she summed it up perfectly this was beautiful 🥹. Finally some common sense.

[@dchappy6985]

She wasn't wrong.

[@ListersHatsune]

The problem is she's right but also rallies against the solution to the problem. The position of homemaker should not be underestimated. We've created that world where women work 2 full time jobs and are unhappy at both. However, she dismisses the idea that men can be homemakers too. The role is important and we have the economy to allow 1 parent to stay at home and raise the child while the other works. Having a parent there is probably the best thing for a child's development but we now look down on the role as outdated and either sexist or unmanly. We need to make it socially acceptable to stay at home and raise our children again

[@rachelsl4492]

You make some good points, but nowadays it is economincally impossible, especially here in the UK, where rents and property prices are out of proportion to salaries, that 1 income is simply not enough, especially if there are children to support. Looking at heterosexual relationships, especially omes with children, there is an economic need for both parents to work. However, sadly, most of the time, the burden of running the home is left to the women, hence they cannot have it all, when their husbands/boyfriends do nothing or only the minimum to do their share.

[@a_random_voice_in_the_void]

Female Trump supporter: "A female has more hormones... she could start a war in 10 seconds... if she has hot flashes or whatever? 'Boom'..." Jordan Klepper: "Haven't all wars been started by men?" Female Trump supporter: "...............................mmmm... yes."

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Jordan would be wrong. Problem is that my brain is stuck on bloody Mary but that is more of a genocidal problem.

[@justinw1219]

that's a fool who knows nothing about history. feminism appearently distorts history too. lol.

[@acommonman7950]

Yeah, men should take responsibility for what they have started. Like the industrial revolution and the development of information technology.

[@Slayer-ft6tl]

female leaders statistically start more conflicts than male in their position. forgot the source but will tag if i find it

[@a_random_voice_in_the_void]

@@Slayer-ft6tl Ok, man whose name literally means “one who slays” and whose avatar is an image of someone holding a gun. I will keep an eye out for that.

[@chrisfisher4503]

First off, Cate Blanchett is awesome as always. Second, she's RIGHT. I hope this is abased on a real speech that predicted America today.

[@knight5545]

I absolutely agree with whatever she said and i have to say She has a very elegant and beautiful way of saying things

[@StruggleEndure]

Wow. She is amazing. Every word spoken in truth

[@suny1265]

How right she was.

[@saturn7404]

Is that fricking Hela lmao

[@jessica5497]

Yes, why ?

[@Eph_Wilson]

This is where she was banished to lol 😆

[@estebanhenriquez3491]

Is this a movie, a series? This is amazing! So on point with what’s going on with today’s women. Moreover, this illustrates the hindrances feminism has caused in the dating field as well.

[@JamalW239]

It’s called Mrs America if I recall correctly. As expected, it is marred by a left leaning agenda

[@rachelsl4492]

How has feminism caused hinderances in the dating field, please enlighten me?

[@naysaynetwork5271]

@@rachelsl4492 nobody wants to date a woman who has been a pumping station since college. Then you have to hear her tell you how hard women have it. Id rather be single or just pump and dump her(shes used to it anyway)

[@rachelsl4492]

@@naysaynetwork5271 with that mentally and attitude towards women, please stay single.

[@naysaynetwork5271]

@@rachelsl4492 Im married.

[@ibz5160]

Finding a girl is easy, finding a wife is as rare as seeing Bigfoot riding a unicorn.

[@EB-gt1pq]

Go Asian or middle eastern

[@ibz5160]

@@EB-gt1pq Middle East ✅

[@Fentanylenjoyer...]

I'm a muslim and ice gotta disagree lol

[@Halgame99]

Muslim countries are the best

[@irawilliams343]

I love Cate Blanchett but the woman she's portraying is someone I would never want to talk to. To think a woman hindered the ERA from being added to the constitution. It's just sickening.

[@ericbrazau6533]

She is speaking reason. What is the problem?

[@irawilliams343]

@@ericbrazau6533 speaking what reason?

[@gageshippy2256]

@@irawilliams343 she points out that women can either live like women in the past or be men in the present or be terrible at both. So she stops a bunch of women from doing something that she feels is a terrible thing. If you look at real life you will see that feminism is making women into something terrible. Meanwhile the position of men is also being negatively affected by it. Sure in your eyes she did something wrong. But being smart and being wise requires you to look at the limits of life first. She would rather men work outside the home and women work inside the home than for others to sabotage that old tradition, because if you flip the roles of men and women you'll get the worst of both worlds. (sorry for making this rant so long, thank you for reading all this)

[@irawilliams343]

@@gageshippy2256 you know what's worse than a plain, old misogynist? A woman who demeans her fellow women.

[@Trid3nt861]

"When they see what the wonderful society of equality and social justice look like they will revolt. They will join the league of dissenter" - *Yuri A. Bezmenov*

[@JohnSmith-ps7hf]

They are single and fabulous, and they die alone and childless.

[@WilliamFAlmeida]

She's 100% on point, and BBC did this in satire, but made her point ironically

[@ZoozooYT]

The title is misleading. She isn’t against equal rights. She’s against the pressuring of not being a stay at home mom.

[@koreaboo1437]

Yes now women don't have choice but to work two jobs thank you feminists. Like I wouldn't mind being a house wife .

[@Ginika877]

Your government's bad economic policies did that

[@JRJohnson1701]

Women are just now realizing this and a lot are just quitting, so they don't have to go out and work, when they could just stay home and not worry about the corporate malarky that goes on.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

Women in the workforce seem to spend a lot of their time tearing down other women in the workforce. Hierarchies exist for a reason.

[@shawnnewell4541]

Oh God Phyllis Schafly!

[@ball4137]

"That little girl over there will be drafted and men will stay home taking care of your children " Haha

[@travis7613]

Hard Ball When that happens, we lost the war before it started.

[@user-hb4zz4gh5e]

Oh if only that were true. America needs to lose a few wars to knock their military ego down a little bit

[@perperson199]

In Norway women are drafted. And men do stay home with babies too

[@MJosef-jo8py]

@@user-hb4zz4gh5e u have lost enough

[@kevingutierrez9273]

Why not?

[@What-he5pr]

What happened was costs rose, women became fat and depressed, kids became fat, stupid and depressed. And the list goes on.

[@mariakordas-fraser5674]

This is propaganda that women used to listen to before they realized how trapped society had made them. Sadly, some women still fall into this thinking. Today, Homemaker, baby-maker, business woman, doctor, lawyer or judge....thank God people like Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem helped to liberate women to let them choose.

[@sauron7175]

Being a stay at home dad sounds pretty cool so ladies go ahead and work that CEO job on my behalf id love to stay home full time 👍

[@farlonmuentes6004]

yeah, i don't know what they're complaining about. give me the access to be stay at home father, take care of kids, feed them, make sure they don't drink bleach or shove in forks in outlets and I'll be playing my videogames all day. women don't have same hobbies as men so they are bored to death being at home but give that to a man without being judged by society as lazy or irresponsible and it's a perfect world for men.

[@lidialp137]

@@farlonmuentes6004 this comment is so sexist that I have nowhere to take it xD. First of all, women can like the same hobbies as men (I like video games as much as you do) and being a househusband carries more responsibility than You think, carrying the mental load is very hard for one person. That is why it is best to divide the tasks between the members of the couple.

[@neverforever4787]

@@farlonmuentes6004 When do you think they're going to be sticking forks in outlets and drinking bleach? While you're sitting on your ass playing video games.

[@LBM01028]

@@lidialp137 You just want to control people. Go be miserable alone.

[@likklej8]

There are many septic tanks who are still like this and it’s so many years later.

[@fuckoff9182]

?

[@majorragersp2314]

Way to accurate today💀

[@daha3074]

Brilliant presentation.

[@noobFPV]

Well, there's a truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth.

[@nntflow7058]

It's easy when your husband make enough money. In real world, billions of women have to work because there isn't enough money even for food.

[@rosii6432]

What is this tv show name?

[@_crispins]

Mrs America, it’s in the video description ;)

[@orangechickengorl]

wait she didn’t lie tho???

[@bluerosegurl]

Funny enough women do have multiple fulltime jobs, we're the homemakers and the breadwinners now.

[@eliza_armand]

Her speech is simply brilliant! Every single word!

[@ratxcx4721]

I think she just sounds like a very privileged upper class white woman that hasn't experienced any real hardship, inequality amongst the lower classes of society would fair much worse than she would in her position

[@maffieduran]

Ding ding! You seem to be the first one to get the idea, congrats for having common sense.

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

I think that inequality is a regional thing. I am in one of the lower economic tiers but I'm not a second class citizen.

[@gageshippy2256]

Everyone but me doesn't get that this is a very truthful take on women's issues by what is supposed to be a propagandist series.

[@abhisekdas1580]

What is the name of the Movie?

[@Dispondent]

This is on point .

[@ninawestlake5005]

Cate's acting is mindblowing!

[@afatcatfromsweden]

I love hypocrites fighting hypocrites because a hypocrite allways ends up losing. And yes I understand this is acted...

[@DustMoons]

The amount of people who low key think this is serious. Look at 2:00, it’s a joke.

[@skytrip5273]

And so here we are. Prophecy fulfilled. All because women followed them like the Pied Piper.

[@proverbs31university]

This lady was an American treasure period

[@sharkgirl3609]

She was a complete hypocrite.

[@free22]

Most of the people loving this in the comments are male.

[@free22]

kurtis howard Whatever suits you. Don’t marry someone who wants to be a housewife then. Nobody is forcing you to, you know.

[@yibro3360]

freemayo It’s more complicated than that. Most people want to raise a family and it’s generally expected that men are the breadwinners while the women look after the kids. So therefore most men would want to start a family with someone who’s able to take good care of the kids while they work. Parental leave is so brief for men that they’ll have to get back into work sooner than women. It’s a societal issue and it’s hard for people to change so easily.

[@free22]

Yibro I don’t know where you live. In the US, it is not generally expected that men will be the breadwinners. It is so hard to make it on one salary here that it would not make sense to live under that expectation. Personally, I don’t believe one scenario is necessarily better than the other. Children do not need a stay at home mom. They need a mom who is happy and able to care for them. Some of the most well adjusted adults I know spent some time in daycare. I was raised by a miserable stay at home mom and I wish she had been able to just find a job. Every family is different and people should be free to make their own choices.

[@yibro3360]

@@free22 Well it depends on the needs of the child really. Some children don't need their parents around all the time and some do. You're right in that most children don't need a stay at home mom, but they do need either one of their parents around the house most of the time, especially if they're young. It would be pretty stupid for both parents to work full-time for 40+ hours while their children aren't recieving the proper care and attention they need when they're young.

[@free22]

Yibro Nobody wants children who are not well taken care of. Caregivers and extended family can be very good at taking care of children though. What bothers me is the lack of choice. fmla in my country provides 12 weeks of paid leave. So many people are forced to go back to work before they may want to out of necessity. Longer leave would help families at all income levels make the best decision for themselves.

[@martthesling]

She was 100% correct.

[@aguynamedjake462]

I mean the women of Iceland all took off for days and the economy wasn’t affected lol. Partly because men can do the female dominated jobs but women can’t do the male dominated jobs

[@chrisyates7060]

"libers" is a strong word int it

[@collegiatemisfit6071]

This title needs some work

[@ShriHemangBhaiBhatt]

Well articulated

[@wolfpackreceiving500]

What movie is this

[@kenorose5873]

Funny how this video is supposed to make these women saying facts look crazy...

[@kyivstuff]

Well she’s not wrong. Women can’t be expected to be both main caregivers and be fully work-oriented. That’s why women shouldn’t aspire to be everything men are. The whole society needs to change so every person would be able to fully realize their potential not in the mold of the privileged but in their own ideal way. If merit is our goal - this is the only way to get the optimal results.

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

"That's why women shouldn't aspire to be everything men are" That's where you're wrong. Women can study, work, and be as productive to the world as men, and sometime during the middle take a break and raise a child. Might be women can be *more* than men are.

[@kyivstuff]

INFJ Elphaba Supporter You misunderstood my meaning. Women shouldn’t aspire to be everything men are in addition to their already extremely full roster of traditional responsibilities. Women shouldn’t be expected to continue doing everything all the time and realize their professional dreams on top. Men should take half of the duties (or all of them if they don’t plan on a career of their own). That’s what I’m saying - the traditional way of life impedes merit.

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

@@kyivstuff I guess I misunderstood 😅. You should explain it better, or people might jump into the wrong conclusions.

[@kyivstuff]

INFJ Elphaba Supporter I was trying to make an argument for change using conservative talking points.

[@hereisaegg3659]

I agree with the person below this text

[@ph0522]

I disagree with the people above this text, but agree with the person below this text.

[@PowerofRock24]

I disagree with the person above this text.

[@hereisaegg3659]

I agree with what ye agreed to but I mostly agree with the third guy and disagree with the one above me

[@hereisaegg3659]

Uno reverse card *

[@dakkan5433]

Words.

[@libbychang413]

a 40 y/o single childless woman like steinem was called "mizzerble and pathetic"...but today were being told that single childless women are the happiest & most successful demographic in US history...