Category Archives: Traditional Conservatives

How chivalry (and mamma’s boys) brought us women’s suffrage and feminism.

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

On the Moral Superiority of Women explains how suffragists turned traditional conservatives’ chivalrous arguments against them.  Chivalry/courtly love teaches that women are the source of manners and morality, and that men are made moral by becoming enslaved by romantic love … Continue reading →

Posted in Chivalry, Complementarian, Courtly Love, Feminists, Suffrage, Traditional Conservatives, Wife worship | 53 Comments

It turns out they *both* want a tall man.

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

What are the odds?* Update Sept 17:  The video was deleted some time yesterday evening, but the youtube channel is still available for context.  See also Larry Kummer’s slightly edited transcript snips in the discussion below. This demonstrates the cruelty … Continue reading →

Posted in Focus on the Family, Glenn Stanton, Traditional Conservatives, Weak men screwing feminism up, You can't make this stuff up | 298 Comments

Kids these days

Posted on September 14, 2018 by

Several readers pointed out the anachronism in the Stanton quote I included in my last post: Ask any young woman how she vets all the nice young men who approach to decide who will advance to the bonus round of … Continue reading →

Posted in Courtly Love, Death of courtship, Disrespecting Respectability, Finding a Spouse, Focus on the Family, Glenn Stanton, The only real man in the room, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Weak men screwing feminism up, Wife worship | 130 Comments

When “traditional” means socially awkward.

Posted on September 14, 2018 by

As I’ve covered in recent posts*, Focus on the Family (FotF) teaches that in order for men and women to marry men must first approach women and boldly state their romantic intentions.  The woman’s job is to wait around for … Continue reading →

Posted in Courtly Love, Death of courtship, Finding a Spouse, Focus on the Family, Glenn Stanton, The only real man in the room, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Weak men screwing feminism up | 114 Comments

She did her part, but the man didn’t man up.

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

As I’ve noted in my last two posts, Lisa Anderson of Focus on the Family teaches modern Christian women that “actively pursuing marriage” means: Praying for a husband. Talking about wanting a husband. Waiting for her godly man to show up … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Feminists, Dr. John Piper, Focus on the Family, Lisa Anderson, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Weak men screwing feminism up | 137 Comments