Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Why 'Progress' is Bad for Women - Mary Harrington" video.

  1. I think that birth control and horny men convinced the feminists that it was more important to have fun and be independent than it was to be serious and raise a family. Technology has enabled many things, but at least for the time being, women still risk a lot more than men when they have sex. There's still no getting around it. I'm not going to go Biblical on people and say it's because "God Said," but there's a reason all those "God Said"s persist in the culture to this day: People who followed what (a small number of people said that ) God Said went on to have families and be successful down through the generations, so whether God Said or not, those prescriptions for living lasted over long spans of time and space. If it didn't work, people who lived by such nonsense would have perished from the Earth, per Darwin. As Jordan Peterson has said, meddling with tradition is perilous. Something silly to us and defended by mere dogma, could be one of the keys to human progress. As something of an iconoclast (or so I'm told), I'm not averse to poking holes in Christian dogma. But being the court jester who criticizes what better people have built, I'm the last person you should ask for solutions. So let me fill you in before you ask. For the time being, traditional modesty and withholding sex from men who are not wholly committed to your offspring and able to back it up are still what's best for most women. Just because you think Chad is a high-value man doesn't mean revealing all your mysteries to him without a proven commitment is not going to make you a high-value woman in Chad's eyes. Just because you can get Chad into bed doesn't mean Chad's at all interested in putting a ring on your finger. The fact that you let Chad into your bed disqualified you, on the spot! Of COURSE he told you that you're special, and he wasn't lying. That doesn't mean he has any intention of spending his life and his fortune on YOU. There are a LOT of average and above-average women out there with broken hearts, because Chad ghosted them. I think women are waking up, though. I think if you look at the economy and the monetary system, a wife who stays at home, grows a garden and does her canning and coupon-clipping is worth her weight in gold, nowadays. That's how my grandma was. And you better BELIEVE she was the BOSS of that household. Grandpa gave her his check and took out enough allowance to go bowling, and that was about it. When my mother was 10 years old, Grandma said "Let's go for a ride. I want to look at houses." To Grandpa's shock, she directed him straight to the place she intended to buy and paid cash for it, out of the house fund she built up for over 10 years. Grandpa doled out all the whoopings, but always with a rueful smile, and always on Grandma's orders. It wasn't perfect. She could be pretty domineering. She was a TRULY strong and independent woman, and a LADY. You didn't dare defy her DIGNITY. IOW, not at all like today's strong and independent women who shout it from the rooftops, while tears stream down their cheeks.
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