The Men who Want Women to Be Quiet

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic: Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life: He wants to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the vote. In his ideal system, “we would do it in our politics the same way we do it in our church structure,” he told me recently.

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Wilson believes that women should "not ordinarily" hold political office, and should never serve in combat roles in the military. Husbands should have dominion over misbehaving wives' weight, spending habits, and choice of television programs. His uncompromising vision for America was once considered marginal, the conservative writer Karen Swallow Prior told me. Since his elevation by [Pete] Hegseth, however, "no one can credibly say that Doug Wilson is fringe anymore."

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Having just undermined the Voting Rights Act for blacks, it's no surprise that Republicans now want to quash Women's Rights, too.

Make America the 1800's Again!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 12:02 PM | Reply

A long-term goal, the repeal of the 19th Amendment. In the short term, this blockhead can help repeal the laws of thermodynamics--a task with which he will have more success. Wilson and those in agreement with his thought process must find themselves angry and scared all the live-long day, with all those uppity women folk about...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2026-05-14 12:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.

#3 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-05-14 12:47 PM | Reply

www.reddit.com

#4 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-05-14 12:49 PM | Reply

#4 | POSTED BY JOHN_SAVAGE

If you want a date, you must learn how not to be frightened of women.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-14 12:56 PM | Reply

Such sad, pathetic "men" that they need to enforce their "superiority" by some supposed God's will.

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-14 12:57 PM | Reply

Having just undermined the Voting Rights Act for blacks, it's no surprise that Republicans now want to quash Women's Rights, too.
Make America the 1800's Again!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 12:02 PM | Reply | Flag

Well, many of them do seem to desire a civil war.

#7 | Posted by MBlue at 2026-05-14 12:59 PM | Reply

Never happened. Paul was writing a letter to his young acolyte minister telling him not to let the women in THAT church, many of whom provided funds, push him around. It was never meant as some overall edict to all churches.

www.google.com

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 01:02 PM | Reply

Women reporters are very stupid and ask very stupid questions!
Apparently.

Answer to a woman's question about renovation costs at the White House: "I doubled the size of it, you dumb person... You are not a smart person"

Same day to a different woman reporter: "If you want to do that, then you're a stupid person. And you happen to be. I mean, I know you very well".

Trumpy calls Kaitlan Collins "stupid and nasty" any chance he gets.

Kamala was a "dummy".

Sorry that journalist Mika Brzezinski is an "off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess"

These comments are part of a broader, documented pattern of gendered insults, which have included referring to female journalists as "piggy," "ugly," and "disgraceful."

The President's words are a disgrace. (Because the President is a fool?) But unfortunately they matter. The "bully pulpit" is very influential. But you are not supposed to use it to bully everyone!

Fun fact. "Bully" used to mean "superb or wonderful"!

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-14 01:05 PM | Reply

Wilson believes that women should "not ordinarily" hold political office, and should never serve in combat roles in the military.

These are mainstream Republican values.
Something like 90% of elected Republicans are men.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-14 01:17 PM | Reply

"we would do it in our politics the same way we do it in our church structure," he told me recently.

Religion is evil.

#11 | Posted by qcp at 2026-05-14 01:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#11

Theism can be used for evil, as can atheism.

It was State sanctioned atheism that resulted in the deaths of between 60 and 100 million people in just the last century alone.

Men can be evil no matter their beliefs.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 01:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"It was State sanctioned atheism that resulted in the deaths of between 60 and 100 million people in just the last century alone."

Was it though?

Was it state sanctioned theism that resulted in ethnically cleansimg the Americas? The Pope divining South America between Spain and Portugal, for example.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-14 02:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The vast majority of Trump voting white women would gladly give up their right to vote.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 02:08 PM | Reply

atheism that resulted in the deaths of between 60 and 100 million

You keep posting these statistics.

But the more you do the more they seem made up as a way to convince theists Religion is not all that bad.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 02:10 PM | Reply

#15

"Mass deaths in the 20th century, often estimated between 60 and 100 million or more, are attributed to policies enacted by communist, state-atheist regimes, notably under Joseph Stalin in the USSR and Mao Zedong in China.

These regimes promoted a state-mandated secularism, aiming to eliminate religious influence, which resulted in significant mortality through persecution, forced labor, and famine."

www.google.com

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 02:17 PM | Reply

Grab 'em by the pushy.

#17 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-05-14 02:23 PM | Reply

"attributed to policies enacted by communist, state-atheist regimes"

So we can likewise say the ethnic cleansing of the New World was attributed to policies enacted by Christian regimes, right Corky?

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-14 02:39 PM | Reply

At least now the Pubs are being honest. They always touted "Traditional Values" and then voted women into office. Never made sense to me, seemed a bit hypocritical. I'm glad he's saying these things.

#19 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-05-14 02:40 PM | Reply