Problematic Women

Up on today’s Problematic Women – We talk about the declining birth rate and some of the factors that are causing women to choose to have fewer kids or no children at all. And since it takes two to make a baby, we will also discuss the role men play in this situation. Then, we will breakdown the tradwives trend and how tradwives might have accidentally embraced one of the most harmful characteristics of the feminist movement. Plus, it looks like the majority of Americans are addicted to their phones. Are you? And as always, we’ll be crowning our problematic woman of the week!

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Drinking, partying, and pressure to explore homosexuality are common within women’s sports, but this does not need to be the norm, according to former college athlete Samantha Kelley. 

While the "transgender" issue is a new challenge in women's sports, it has long been "statistically proven that college athletes party more [and] drink more than the normal student population," says Kelley, the founder and president of FIERCE Athlete. Athletes are "under so much pressure and under so much scrutiny, and even more so today with social media," she added.

An athlete herself, including playing Division I soccer at the University of Connecticut, Kelley founded FIERCE Athlete seven years ago after growing frustrated with the culture of women’s sports and realizing that her experience in college was not unique.

"We were hazed," Kelley said of her freshman year of playing college soccer. "A third of our team was 'lesbian' and would try to convince you that you were, too."

FIERCE Athlete serves as a resource to female athletes at all levels, providing them with training, mentorship, and resources to navigate the challenges of sport and grow in an understanding of femininity. FIERCE stands for Femininity, Identity, Embodiment, Receptivity, Catholicism, and Encounter—the core pillars of the organization.

Because coaches play a vital role in setting the culture of any sports team, Kelley launched FIERCE Coach with Tracy Guerrette earlier this year to empower coaches with the knowledge they need to lead female athletes. 

Kelley and Guerrette join the “Problematic Women” podcast to share the challenges they faced as athletes and to explain how their organization is seeking to change the culture of women’s sports. They also discuss why culture’s definition of femininity is not God’s definition and how they have incorporated the teachings of (now Saint) Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body into their work as a tool to empower women to feel confident in their physical body. 

Check out the FIERCE Athlete website here: https://fierceathlete.org/

Listen to the FIERCE Athlete Podcast here: https://fierceathlete.org/podcast

Order a copy of "BE FIERCE: The Athlete's Guide to Growing Physically, Mentally, and Spiritually" here: https://www.amazon.com/BE-FIERCE-Athletes-Physically-Spiritually/dp/B0C1J2Q9TX.

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The English Romantic poet Percy Shelley, who died in 1822 at age 29, played a significant role in developing the ideas of the feminist movement, author Carrie Gress says. 

Ideas of the “the occult, smashing the patriarchy, and free love” played a significant role in Shelley’s writing and ideology, says Gress, author of the new book “The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us.”

Shelley was a “barbaric man” who was “involved in the occult,” Gress says. His wife was Mary Shelley, author of the 1818 novel “Frankenstein,” she notes, and Shelley drew on the ideas of her parents—a vision of a “women’s revolution where there’s no monogamy, there’s no marriage, all of these things are just erased, and people just live this bucolic life without any reference to their human nature.” 

Shelley’s ideology contributed to the modern feminist movement, a movement that has led to what Gress calls “The End of Woman.”

Gress, also a fellow at the Washington-based Ethics and Public Policy Center, joins the show to discuss the history of feminism and explain how the feminist movement has harmed women and left women unfulfilled.

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Up on today’s Problematic Women – U.S. Women’s Soccer lost. We have a hot take on why their star may have fallen so quickly. Plus, guest Hayden Sledge joins us to discuss how the defeat of a ballot initiative in Ohio could put thousands of lives at risk. She also shares her journey into politics and offers advice for young working women and for those Problematic Women headed back to college.

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Up on today’s Problematic Women: President Joe Biden finally acknowledges his 7th grandchild in a news dump on a Friday night. We break down this latest scandal with the Biden Family. There was a big hearing on Capitol Hill last week on parental rights when it comes to “gender affirming care” — we’ll bring you some of the spiciest moments of the day and we’ll get Sarah’s legal take on what parental rights actually means. Whether you’re a CEO, an intern or anywhere in between, the phrase “servant leader” is a buzzword you’ve heard around the office. Is it an outdated concept in modern society? We discuss. And as always, we’ll be crowning our problematic woman of the week!

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Up on today’s Problematic Women – Evie Solheim joins the show to share the story behind the "Girl's Guide" and offer some insight and advice for women entering the career field.

Then we are discussing a new trend being celebrated – “lazy girl job.” We explain what it is and what it reveals about our culture. And then we are of course talking all about the "Barbie" movie and why it is not as lefty as everyone thought it would be, and even makes some surprisingly conservative points. 

And as always, we’ll be crowning our problematic woman of the week!

And be sure to check out the Girl's Guide here: The Girl’s Guide

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Up on today’s Problematic Women – we explain what a military spending bill known as the NDAA is and what abortion has to do with it. Plus, a U.S. state is considering eliminating the religious exemption for vaccines for kids at public and private schools. And Health Admiral Rachel Levine says youth should not have to go through the “wrong puberty.” We have some comments about that. Plus, we unpack 😉 the current issue with flights across America.

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Up on today’s Problematic Women – We hear how Macy Petty became a voice for true women’s rights. Plus, we get Macy's reaction to U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe saying she would be cool having a male on the women’s team. And a new poll shows that Americans don’t trust colleges anymore. We discuss why. And as always, we’ll be crowning our Problematic Woman of the Week!

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Sue Ellen Browder says she played a role in hijacking the women's movement. As a young woman working for Cosmopolitan magazine, Browder says she wrote what she describes as “propaganda.” What was the goal? To sell women on the idea that sexual liberation is the path to the single woman’s personal fulfillment.

In her book "Subverted: How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women’s Movement," Browder details what it was like working within the sexual revolution and how she got out.

Enjoy this rerun of a great speech Browder delivered at The Heritage Foundation in 2019.

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