Meet Gen Z's Phyllis Schlafly

Prominent feminist Jessica Valenti writes:

Over the past few months, the powerful Heritage machine has pushed out book promo for Waters, put her on panels, and given her a new podcast — “Rethinking Fertility.” In other words, they want her to be a Gen Z Phyllis Schlafly — advising young women to stay at home while she, herself, enjoys a high-profile career writing books, giving talks, and shaping national policy.

I don’t think she’d mind the comparison: in her book, Waters lauds Schlafly as a “revolutionary” who “didn’t abandon her home, her femininity, or her faith.” She also cites Schlafly as precisely who American women should strive to be: a “model of traditional womanhood [that] encourages public engagement, but only after family duties have been honored.” ...

That doesn’t mean Waters isn’t dangerous; of course she is. ...

Waters, like Schlafly, found a way to have her cake and eat it too: working while making it harder for other women to work, embracing her professional drive while telling young women their ambition will make it harder for them to be mothers. Most egregiously, she's robbing other young women and girls of the choices she was privileged enough to have.

I listened to a Waters podcast, and she is certainly not dangerous, not robbing girls of choices, or advising young women to stay home.

It is strange how upsetting it is for feminists to hear a woman who is happy to be a wife and mother.