How tradition empowers women

Michael Knowles says in a short new video:

Did Phyllis Schlafly prove that tradition empowers women?

Apr 28, 2026 #PhyllisSchlafly #MichaelKnowles #Tradition

History reveals that women have always played significant roles in their communities and political spheres, long before modern movements took shape. Phyllis Schlafly stands as a prime example of someone who successfully balanced raising a large family with monumental political influence, effectively leading the opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment. This perspective argues that recognizing and embracing the unique, inherent strengths of womanhood is the true path to avoiding disadvantage. It challenges the modern narrative by suggesting that tradition and domestic roles are not barriers, but rather complementary to a woman's public and professional potential.

I made my point though, which is that you say throughout history, including long before feminism ever came onto the scene, women did plenty of things, you know, in addition to just being barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, right? They had uh they were involved in their community. They had side hustles, as you put it. Um, so so they did all these things. I mean, I think of the most famous anti-feminist American of the 20th century. It was Phyis Schlafley. Phyllis Schlafley had six kids. She was a housewife. She uh said the only person whose permission she needs for her political activism is her husband's which irritated feminists to no end. She's one of the most important political figures of the whole century.

She single-handedly killed the Equal Rights Amendment, traveled all over the country, one of the most vaunted figures in the American right. Uh she she was able to do a lot of things in public, but she recognized that her particular role that her husband never could have, that no man on earth ever could have, even if he kids himself, is to have children, to be a woman, to be graceful, to to do the things that men can't do. And so she can do she can do things beyond that as well. But uh if if you erase the particular advantages of women, then women are are put at a disadvantage.