What is a Woman?

For John, BLUF:  the theme iw thaat the Left has denied women has a nature given nature and it has only hurt women.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Leftist policies have driven women mad

From American Thinker, by Ms Andrea Widburg, 6 November 2022.

Here is the lede plus three:

At the forefront of the BLM riots in 2020 were women—screaming, hysterical, angry, irrational women, seemingly college-educated, and both Black and White. These women were obviously broken, and a poll now confirms that observation. The left, by denying these women their biological mission, is destroying them. However, those women who embrace that mission may save America.

For the past 60 years, especially in academia, leftists have told the vulnerable young women in their charge “You are a victim. If you are White, you’re not only victim of the patriarchy, by virtue of your skin color, you’re also a victimizer and undeserving beneficiary of systemic racism. If you are Black, no matter your ability or accomplishments, you will always be a victim, whether as a woman or as a Black person.”

It’s impossible to imagine more toxic messages, whether by creating unsustainable cognitive dissonance in young White women (“you’re both victim and victimizer”) or demeaning Black women beyond all reason (“no matter what you do, you’ll always fail”). Leftists didn’t stop there, though. They also attacked the very nature of being a woman.

For decades, young women have been taught that motherhood is devoid of meaning and purpose, erasing a woman’s natural intelligence and ability. The secret to fulfillment, young women are told, is a career. Moreover, if you want to ride that career to the top of corporate power, you’d better be all-in for abortion because those babies will get in your way.

Are we, as humans, driven by millenia-long evolution, to feel part of a process for perpetuating our existence?  It would seem so, and the Democrats are losing voters because they have taken the unnatural path and tried to bring womanhood along with it.  Are there women who feel mis-gendered?  At least as far back as Christine Jorgensen.  Today we seem to be taking the normal emotional sorting out of yooung people growing to maturity and creating permanent changes based on temporary moods.  We are ignoring the insight into the need for maturity that causes us to not give drivers licenses before sixteen or sell alcohol before twenty-one.

Yes, we have to absolutely open up opportunities for women.  It is one of the underlyiung principles of our Republic.  That said, we need to have a variety of paths, so we do noot end up stifflying the dreams and aspirations of women who would like a different path.  And we should not discourage continued repopulation of our nation and the planet.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff