The Right Needs a Position on Gender and Family
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'The Left has clearly defined its positions on gender and family. The next Women’s March will undeniably be aligned with the Left, and will feature a host of gender-based marketing slogans. Indeed, likely 2020 candidate Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) recently staked out her territory, tweeting:“Our Future is Female.” She’ll be far from the only candidate vying for the intersectional feminist vote.
In education, programs to advance girls in S.T.E.M (science, technology, engineering and math) will be discussed as will early education programs aimed at cleansing boys of their “toxic masculinity.” For gender issues being adjudicated, “Believe Women” will be promoted to revise existing judicial cornerstones of due process and innocent until proven guilty. Regarding family, the Left is likely to repeat the words of both Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, who called single mothers “heroines.” Fathers won’t be mentioned.
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Historically, the best public policy has advanced through a process of debate, with beliefs being scrapped or refined along the way, so it's difficult to see how we’re currently advancing the best gender-based policies given the disparity in the preparedness of the two parties to discuss these issues. Given the commitment to advance these policies by the Left, it’s foolish to believe they will simply go away.
While there's nothing wrong with advocating for America’s girls, government, education, and social organizations are ignoring a demographic comprising roughly half of our children: American boys. Surely, we can formulate public policy to address the unique needs of all children, not just half.
Being a leader requires courage whereas being a politician requires none. Who is the elected official on the Right who will defend an agenda that includes helping boys achieve in education, reversing fatherlessness, diminishing male suicide, and addressing the other issues boys will face as they grow? It’s time for the Right to develop and update their policies on gender and family, and then let the debate begin.'
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