No, Harrison Butker, Women Aren't Here to Serve You
No, Harrison Butker, Women Arent Here to Serve You
5/20/2024 by Jodi Bondi Norgaard
The problem isnt Butkerits the collective who think like Butker, who cant imagine that women are created equal to men, that women exist to fulfill their own lifes purpose.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butkers commencement speech was full of anti-gay and misogynistic statements. (Scott Winters / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
A lot has been said (and none good) about Kansas City Chiefs kicker, Harrison Butkers dystopian and controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College. There was a lot to dislike. He claimed abortion, IVF, surrogacy and euthanasia come from the pervasiveness of disorder. He trashed birth control and took a swipe at the LGBTQ community. What garnered the most attention was this:
I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you. Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and children you bring into this world.
Mansplaining at its best! I cant imagine what the women in the graduating class were feeling after working hard for four years only to be told it was all for nothing; that their lot in life is to be barefoot and pregnant.
Butker has been in the spotlight since his speech in Atchison, Kansas, on May 11. But do we really care who said it, as much as what he said now, in the year 2024? The problem isnt Butker. The problem is the collective who think like Butker, who cant imagine that women are created equal to men, that women exist to fulfill their own lifes purpose. Theres a word for what the Butkers of the world need to do more ofits called sonder. The definition is the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as ones own. Someone who sonders doesnt require others lives to be supporting roles for their own. Someone who sonders doesnt ask others to stay in their lane.
I have been fighting for gender equality all of my life. I know in my bones we are making progress, even in the face of Butkers speech, who ironically referenced his teammate Travis Kelces girlfriend Taylor Swift (who brought in $331 million for the NFL and his Chiefs!) and her lyrics, Familiarity breeds contempt. Yes, its true, women are sick of the sexist rhetoric. The diabolical lie we have been told is to stay in our lane. Those who believe that can expect us to run you off the road.
https://msmagazine.com/2024/05/20/commencement-speech-women-college-harrison-butker-kansas-city-chiefs/
[ son-der ]
Phonetic (Standard)
IPA
noun
the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as ones own, in which they are the central character and others, including oneself, have secondary or insignificant roles:
In a state of sonder, each of us is at once a hero, a supporting cast member, and an extra in overlapping stories.
calimary
(83,453 posts)Yes, its true, women are sick of the sexist rhetoric. The diabolical lie we have been told is to stay in our lane. Those who believe that can expect us to run you off the road.
DAMN RIGHT!!!
Blue Owl
(53,772 posts)Walleye
(33,941 posts)Blue Owl
(53,772 posts)Walleye
(33,941 posts)niyad
(118,054 posts)pfitz59
(10,732 posts)niyad
(118,054 posts)Now. . .a pecan pie a la "The Help" would work!
Warpy
(112,782 posts)that he will have series of doormat women who will do just that. When they get tired and quit, he'll blame them when the problem is so clearly within himself. Then he'll go looking for a younger doormat and he'll find her, even as an old, saggy bald guy cruising catalogs of desperately poor women in Asia and eastern Europe, all guaranteed to be "feminine, family oriented"--until they learn to speak English.
Aristus
(67,624 posts)I'd sell tickets, and we'd make a fortune!
niyad
(118,054 posts)mercuryblues
(14,786 posts)LOL. He must be oblivious to her music. I hope she makes a song just for him, and it makes her a trillionaire.