OPINION:
Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman. But only sometimes.
Welcome to my politically incorrect version of Women’s History Month.
While cherishing the advances that women have made in America, I reject the sexism and discrimination promoted by the feminist movement during this month.
International Women’s Day also is recognized in March. The 2019 motto, “#BalanceforBetter,” is a perfect example of how the feminist organizers promote the gender discrimination they claim to hate.
Do they seek to apply the motto everywhere? How about college coeds? If so, then future freshmen classes would contain fewer women, because the current college population is 56 percent female.
Can you name one feminist who says it’s time for high school girls to step back and give boys an equal chance at getting into college? Nope.
And what about job creation? Since women took 58 percent of all newly created jobs in 2018, I guess that means that #BalanceforBetter promoters want fewer women to get new jobs in 2019 in order to provide true balance for the men, right? Double nope.
What all of us should be celebrating this and every month is the right of males and females to compete equally according to their talents, skills, experience, physical ability and work ethic. Contrary to what the feminists are advocating, gender should not be a factor in the vast majority of hiring decisions.
There are exceptions, of course. For instance, many people prefer to have doctors of their own gender. Thus, medical employers may need to hire one gender over the other in order to best serve their patients. Of obvious note is the right of religious groups to ordain only males as clergy, if that is a tenet of their faith.
Equally obvious should be that some sports teams are male-only or female-only. But with new demands of those who seek to promote “trans” and “gender fluidity” agendas, the concept of an “equal playing field” in sports may be a thing of the past.
Ironically, it is female athletes who will suffer the most in such a world. While the feminists weren’t looking, their movement was co-opted by other “progressives” who took their radical, dictatorial ideology to its inevitable chaotic conclusion.
Competition, not gender, for everything from scholarships to employment should be the guiding principle. But it’s difficult to even have a discussion about pure competition when the so-called progressives have co-opted once understood terms like “fairness” and “justice.” To them, those terms mean the government tips the scale to favor people from some groups over individuals from others.
The agenda of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day is nothing more than power-hungry socialism. From mandating that corporate boards be divided equally between genders, to their demand for absolute abortion “rights,” to the government establishing pay scales and picking winners and losers, the radical agenda is antithetical to the principle of equal opportunity and protection for all individuals.
It was the Socialist Party of America that organized the first Women’s Day in 1909, and the International Socialist Women’s Conference in 1910 that advocated such a day be celebrated annually. In 1975, the United Nations formally adopted the day that previously had been celebrated mostly by communist countries and socialists. Surprise, surprise.
I am grateful to live in a time in America’s history when women and men enjoy equal protection and rights under the law. Does male chauvinism still exist? Of course — just as there are still bigots and racists and every other kind of hater that there has always been. The difference is that in today’s America, there is equal protection under the law. Attempts to cloud this fact are nothing more than efforts to further a socialist agenda that generates its power from creating class warfare and chaos.
President Trump’s recent declaration set the appropriate tone for the commemoration of how far American women have come: “The equal opportunity of women in every facet of daily life is an essential feature of a free and prosperous society. This month, we honor women who have fought for equality and against the status quo, and who have broken the bonds of discrimination, partiality, and injustice for the benefit of all. These women created a legacy that continues to inspire generations of women to live with confidence, to have a positive impact on their communities, and to improve our Nation every single day.”
Now that’s something to celebrate.
• Rebecca Hagelin can be reached at rebecca@rebeccahagelin.com.
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