Please explain this quote to me, IF you can.?

Question

"The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians." (Pat Robertson direct mail, Summer 1992)

This man in just unbelievable.

How many Regent University graduates work in the Bush Administration?

Scary thought, huh?

Answer 1

Robertson is so ridiculous, he makes the argument for the other side! This is the quote of a misogynist who is appalled at the notion and terrified of the possibility that women might be treated as human beings with as much value as men.

It has to be said: Jesus (y'all remember him, Jesus the Christ, the one we Christians are all supposed to be following?) defied the attitudes and social norms of his day to treat women as valuable and equal (as much as was possible). Sad, then, that many of his so-called "followers" can't even think about doing that without getting hives.

P.S. I think there are about 80 Regent University Law School grads working in the Bush administration. It was mentioned in an NPR "All Things Considered" story last week. Yes, it's scary!

Answer 2

This is most definitely scary, Pat Robertson is...well to be nice, somewhat misquided and deluded.
In other words, he has no clue as to what he is talking about.
Feminists only seek to gain equal status with men, it has nothing to do with "turning" women into lesbians, that is not something you just wake up one day and decide, it is part of who you are, encoded in your genes.
As for leaving their husbands, well, if it encourages women to leave abusive husbands, what is wrong with that. As for killing their children, well, that is just ludicrous. Many of these are societal pressures that have nothing to do with feminism.
As for Witchcraft, well, that has been around for centuries, in one form or another, more recently re-formed with the Wiccan and Neo-Pagan movements.
It may even be women who believed in the Goddess who began the current feminist movement (as opposed to the one in the early 1900's which had more to do with women having the right to vote and respect).
It is indeed a scary thought, one that I don't even want to contemplate as to how many men in the government, (more specifically, in Bush's cabinet) are Robertson wannabees.
One can only hope that Americans wake up out of the stupor they have been in for the last 7 years or so and start to make some better choices about who is best able to do what is right for all of America, and not a select, wealthy few.
Good question.

Answer 3

The feminist premise that men are responsible for all the evil in the world and that women all over the world are subjugated has led to a political movement which:

Seeks to eradicate men from the family by encouraging women to raise children alone; saying that a father's role is unnecessary (except w/regard to paying child support)

Convinces women that a man should have no say in whether he becomes a father; allowing the woman to use their children to extort and manipulate the man.

Mistakenly blames corporations for their own inability to succeed in life and propagates the myth of the glass ceiling.

Seeks to institute a non-meritorious educational and employment system, where everyone is rewarded equally, despite efforts made or results achieved.

Any woman who claims that she doesn't need a man, is just bitter.

Answer 4

do you actually need this explained? it's pretty straightforward what he is saying.

he is saying that it is the women's responsibility to keep the family, all families together.
if the woman wants to work, get out of a violent or boring relationship, have an abortion after a wild party, use echinacea instead or paracetamol, not buy into the name brand hype and instead make her own clothes, or lastly, if she would rather go out with her mates twice a week that stay in and listen to snoring coming from the vicinity of the couch, SHE does this risking the overall health of her and her husband's relationship, and moreover all the relationships in the western world.

I am guessing this person did not know how to cook a meal, pay a bill, or set the video timer.

Answer 5

Just some anti-feminist man who still believes men should just sit on their asses and have women serve them. He doesn't relize what women have gone through literally since the beginning of time. Except in the Celtic culture where extraordinarilly women were equal. It s actually a very primative thought to think that women are not equal and to me a against the feminist movement. Not because i'm female though, but this guy seems like he s either retarded or is not sober/

Answer 6

I actually understand this quote and don't find it to be as outragous as you think it is.

Pat Robertson is not claiming that all in the feminist movement have these motivations, but he's talking about the greater spiritual battle between good and evil and how this world belongs to Satan and ultimately promotes his agenda, which is the tearing down of all that God is building up.

So while many in the feminist movement sincerely seek equal rights for women, it has often been used to break up the family unit--bringing about greater ease for divorce; to promote the "right" to abort babies in the quest for greater freedom; to promote the study of witchcraft and pagan religions that promote worship of godesses; to promote "alternate" lifestyles, which the Bible teaches are not acceptable to God.

Of course you think this is crazy, because you do not have the eyes necessary to see the very battlefield that you are standing on. Two thirds of the New Testament is about an unseen, spiritual realm that exists right now along side what we can see. Pat Robertson is trying to point it out, but he wasn't trying to point it out to you. Why read someone else's mail? Clearly this was directed to believers who have some understanding of what he is trying to say.

Answer 7

This world is FULL of men who still think women are inferior...It has NOTHING to do with religion....IT has to do with centuries of indoctrination that women were created inferior. Prejudice against color, race and religion SHOULD not exist, but it does.

OF course, the comments about other Regent University Graduates and the Bush administration, you made are also prejudice. I like the current mailing you found to quote as well.

Answer 8

Quite obviously, Mr. Robertson wasn't looking deeply into the impetus behind the "feminist agenda." His expression of opinion only addresses his perceived result of the drastic changes which occurred after the uprising of women.

Answer 9

LOL

Pat Robertson is a nut. I've found sites that said women's lib. is the reason for global warming....

...you see women drive cars more now that they work etc...

anyway, my idea or women's lib may be different than some women's but I am not on Pat Robertson's side either

Answer 10

Well obviously Pat Robertson is an undereducated man who believes that women are only good for rearing children and sitting around.

I don't really see that it needs explaining, except to say: Yup, people really are like that.