Jajuna

Just caught this article “Women’s Liberation through Submission” that describes the rise of a new “patriarchy movement” afoot in the United States. Recently, for example, 6,000 women gathered in Chicago for “The True Woman Conference” in order to draft and sign what they are calling the “True Woman Manifesto”. Highlights include a pledge to affirm and submit to “godly masculinity”, to admit that the “selfish insistence on personal rights is contrary to the spirit of christ”, and to honor and submit to the male leadership of their churchs and homes. As one can imagine the group views itself as a counter-cultural movement intent on opposing what they view as the deleterious influence of feminism on American life. They appear ready to reject the right to vote, legal protections for women, anti-sexual harrasment legistlation, not to mention equal rights to education and greater freedom for women to pursue their interests and talents. 

With the economic crisis and Obama’s victory its going to be interesting to observe how the right organizes and mobilizes itself over the next few years. While the “True Woman’s Movement” will hopefully remain a crazy-insano fringe movement it will be important to observe how their ideas become re-packaged and branded at the national level by GOP leaders. Ann Coulter’s new book is a case in point, where practically every economic and social problem on the planet is blamed on single women with children.