Feminism, the Enemy of the American Family
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One of the political phenomena I enjoy the most is when Virginia Republicans from the evangelical wing try to repackage themselves for higher office. Robert McDonnell, candidate for governor, was doing a passable job until this week, when his 1989 master’s thesis was discovered. The paper is a classic of earnest Christian right activism of the late '80s. It’s too bad this PDF is not searchable, or one could have great fun: Find “fornicator,” “feminist,” homosexual,” “abortion,” “prayer in schools,” “working women.” Pick any culture war issue and young McDonnell has, in this paper, taken the most extreme side of it.
In the summation of the Washington Post, which broke the story, he described “working women and feminists as 'detrimental' to the family. He said government policy should favor married couples over 'cohabitators, homosexuals or fornicators.' He described as 'illogical' a 1972 Supreme Court decision legalizing the use of contraception by unmarried couples.”
McDonnell’s response was that he should be judged by his 14 years in the General Assembly, not some paper he wrote as a kid. But, of course, as a legislator he has acted pretty much in keeping with what the blogosphere has taken to calling “Bob’s Manifesto,” calling for abortion restrictions, tax policies to favor the traditional family, opposing ending wage discrimination, and supporting the arcane notion of covenant marriage. It’s just that young Bob grew up, so he stopped talking like that.
You have to feel sorry for poor Bob. He didn’t write anything different than you could have read in 100 books—and no doubt college theses—during what was the birth of the Christian pro-family movement. It "was simply an academic exercise and clearly does not reflect my views," he told the Post.
Tell that to Sotomayor.
Photograph of Robert McDonnell by Waldo Jaquith.
Hanna Rosin Double X co- editor, reporter, prefer my friends live.
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Reading Sotomayor’s thesis
By: ninjapirate | Thu, 09/03/2009 - 19:17
http://faustasblog.com/?p=12868
"...he wrote as a (34 year old) kid"
By: joss | Tue, 09/01/2009 - 16:28
and opposed ending wage discrimination as recently as 2001. So by either criteria (the paper or his record), I think I reach the same conclusion about his beliefs and politics.
don't care if he is boss of the month
By: lorikay4 | Tue, 09/01/2009 - 15:56
I don't care of McDonnell wiped your child's fanny at work, or got the award for Most Even-Handed Boss. We aren't trying to figure out if he's a nice boss, we are trying to see if we trust him to sign laws and govern. I care about POLICY POLICY POLICY. And his policy beliefs, even if currently discreetly stashed in a bottom mental drawer, are PRE-CAMBRIAN! Get real.
re: woman attorney
By: P Starling | Tue, 09/01/2009 - 15:43
Intelligent women who actually live the feminist ideal do care about plenty of non-feminist issues--feminists are part of the body politic, not some freakish outlier from it. I'm glad McDonnell respected female employees (goodness knows, there are plenty of politicians that make feminist-ally noises and treat their female subordinates badly.) However, it is a necessary but not sufficient quality in a politician who wants my vote. A politician who voted in 2001 against a resolution supporting ending wage discrimination between men and women is unlikely to get it.
Can a man change?
By: AGac | Tue, 09/01/2009 - 14:25
Can 20 years change a man? Can experience temper extremism?
I think so. Did it in McDonnell's case? I don't know.
Yes, McDonnell has maintained a history in support of traditional families and Christian values, but he has tempered his views over the years. Part of that is likely pragmatic, sure, but I have to wonder if the feminist movement has proved itself, at least in some way, to him.
My mother is a feminist. She is also a devoted mother. She CHOOSE to raise four children and spend her life raising us. She has said many times over the years that feminism isn't about doing the same jobs a man has traditionally done, but rather it's about having and making the CHOICE. In our own struggles to advance feminism, let's not forget that there is beauty and power in a woman who would match McDonnell's ideas of a woman-- as long as she chose to live like that.
Working for McDonnell
By: WmnAtty | Tue, 09/01/2009 - 14:21
As someone who actually worked for McDonnell, I can say that his the views in his Masters thesis do not reflect how he treated his women employees. There was no overt or invidious discrimination in that office, and Mcdonnell, in my experience, treated male and female employees equally. Given that he has proven himself capable of acting professionally towards women (a quality that does not generally track a man's political views in my experience), I will vote for him. As a mother and full time professional in a high paying field (I earn twice what my husband does), I will vote for McDonnell purely because I think he is unlikely to raise taxes or to supress innovation through restrictive regulation. I could care less what his personal views were, or are, on women. To me "feminism" is being too busy succeeding in a high-paying, male-dominated field to give a crap about how a politician "feels" about womens issues. And I am tired of women who imply I should be more interested in issues like abortion than taxes. Couldn't you have addressed, say his record as AG, or his economic plans? You know things intelligent women who actually live the feminist ideal, instead just endlessly discussing it, might actually care about?
20s are one thing . . .
By: P Starling | Tue, 09/01/2009 - 13:34
McDonnell was 34 when he wrote this paper, so I can't really give him the "young and stupid" exception.
On the other hand, we're told feminists are responsible for concealing the truth about babies and breaking up families by using their own surnames, so maybe McDonnell has a point . . . .
mcdonnell thesis
By: swmobill | Tue, 09/01/2009 - 13:16
it is because of folks like mcdonnell that i have left the republican party. they consistently try to tell everyone how to live their lives. which is ironic, since that used to be the bedrock of the republican party. folks like him should not be in a position to effect others' lives...unfortunately they are. maybe his views have changed since he wrote his thesis. most of us have grown up and learned a little bit since we were in our 20s. but, i'm still not sure i would want him as my governor.