For more than 30 years, feminists have told us that their cause centers on two fundamental propositions. The first: Women are entitled to equal opportunities because they can do anything as well as men – “bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never let you forget you’re a man!” in the words of a famous jingle. But now, feminists are willing to elect the radically pro-choice Obama, who has spent a grand total of 143 days in the US Senate, while deriding the capacity and preparedness of a pro-life woman with executive experience, whose public service began not long after he graduated from law school. Feminism’s second proposition: A woman’s status as a mother is irrelevant to her professional qualifications. In fact, a host of legislation, including most notably the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993, has been put in place to ensure that women’s workplace opportunities won’t be limited by childbearing. Yet a host of busy, well-paid, left-leaning female anchors – some with small children at home themselves – have repeatedly questioned Governor Palin’s ability both to serve as vice president and be a mother.
When feminists are willing to throw their most basic stated convictions under the bus just to defeat a ground-breaking female nominee who disagrees with them about the sanctity of life, it’s obvious their cause has nothing to do with the advancement of women. Instead, it’s all about promoting a left-wing, radically pro-choice agenda.
Given the feminists’ blatant hypocrisy, along with their breathtaking dishonesty about their movement’s goals and aspirations, is it really any wonder that young women (who have been gradually trending pro-life, by the way) aren’t flocking to join them? If they have achieved little else, the left-wing feminists have certainly made it clear that on their “Animal Farm,” liberal pro-choicers are far “more equal” than others.