There can be no doubt that we live in a world of uncertainty and contradiction. What were once widely regarded as self-evident truths are now called into question by ideologues who wish to reshape society. Can men give birth? Do gender roles matter? Does biology determine gender?
Any sane society would quickly dismiss such absurd questions. However, the lunacy has infected those who are supposed to be the brightest among us. Despite being the first black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court, Kentaji Brown Jackson was unable to provide a definition of a woman during her confirmation hearings. It appears that my eight year old brother is smarter than at least one Supreme Court Justice.
Additionally, the intellectual deficiency of our leaders is coupled with a tyrannical desire to enforce confusion ideologies on others. This can take the form of cultural or governmental interference in the lives of individual citizens. For example, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill requiring retailers to have gender neutral toy sections in their stores. This particular abuse of government power to cram down preferences upon consumers demonstrates the prevalence of the ideology that men and women are the same.
Despite the proclamations of our intellectual and cultural elites, any discerning eye will discover that women and men are not the same. Temperament and physical attributes are both noticeable differences between the genders. However, none of this precludes the idea that men and women are equal.
Contrary to the beliefs of many America-bashers, despite a general adherence to gender roles, the United States has always been supportive of the idea that there is an inherent equality between the sexes. In 1840, the French traveler Alexis de Tocqueville believed that America was the country in which the equality between man and woman had been extended the most.
However, this development did not lead to the confusion that has occurred in our day. Despite their equality men and women were still seen as distinct members of the human species. De Tocqueville writes that, “There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make man and woman into beings not only equal but alike…It is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes.” Overall, he concludes that when one attempts to make men and women the same “nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.”
The idea that men and women are different but equal is essential to a healthy society. When men are told that they can become women, they do not become paragons of womanly virtue. Instead, they become weak men who pervert the idea of femininity while retaining the vices of masculinity.
In addition to allowing individuals to live their most productive lives, the recognition of the difference between men and women serves as the fundamental basis for marriage. Masculinity and femininity are rightly viewed as incomplete without one another. Therefore, when (real) men and (real) women are joined in a union, stability and fulfillment are its byproducts.
Anyone who claims that men and women are unequal and should be denied equal treatment under the law is sexist. However, those who believe that men and women are different have grasped a fundamental truth that was self-evident until very recently. A recognition of this truth produces virtue, stability, and guidance. A denial of this truth leads to the opposite.
