'What's the big crime?': Bill Maher defends Harrison Butker's 'homemaker' speech
Comedian Bill Maher has defended Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker against backlash over his graduation speech at Benedictine College.
The Kansas City Chiefs kicker recently came under fire over his comments directed at women during his commencement speech.
The NFL player has been labelled a misogynist and having a 1950s mentality following his viral speech.
The League has since publicly distanced itself from his comments.
During a panel discussion on Friday, the 'Real Time' host said he doesn’t understand "what the big crime is".
"I don't agree with much with this guy, but I don't get the thing, Maher said.
"He said… ‘Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world.' Ok, that seems fairly, like, modern."
"‘But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.’ I don't see what the big crime is. I really don't."
Maher questioned why this view is seen as problematic, noting that many Americans share it.
"And I think this is part of the problem people have with the left is that lots of people in this country are like this," he said.
"Like he's saying some of you may go on to lead successful careers, but a lot of you are excited about this other way that people- everybody used to be. And now can't that be a choice too?"
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I'm a highly educated and successful career woman. My multiple university degrees and professional accolades are in a box in a closet. Photos of my husband, children, and our family are displayed throughout my home.
@joshuafrank3803
13 күн бұрын
What a fantastic way to put it.
@BoxEnjoyer
13 күн бұрын
And that is your choice! And that has nothing to do with what he said. He implied that women receiving degrees were being lied to.
@DG-gz1oe
13 күн бұрын
@@BoxEnjoyer I didn't take that from what he said. He implied that you can be successful in career and also in caring for a family. However, you are welcome to your own opinion.
@Flyeaglesfly00
13 күн бұрын
I took it as a man doesn't prioritize his family over his career. He's not winning any father of the year awards.
@bolickmj
13 күн бұрын
@@BoxEnjoyernope. He said the modern feminist movement has lied to women by implying being a homemaker is an unworthy, demeaning profession. Your interpretation depends on the lens from which you view it.
Other countries practice this daily....I support this man
@steelcom5976
12 күн бұрын
If Harrison B made that speech in highly educated countries like Sweden and Denmark, he might not make it out the country.
@alfonstabz9741
11 күн бұрын
@@steelcom5976 because ? what is wrong with motherhood?
@M3talhead2
11 күн бұрын
@@steelcom5976hurr durr drooling retard
@steelcom5976
11 күн бұрын
@@alfonstabz9741 What is wrong with freedom?
@tigerlillysrealm
11 күн бұрын
So why don't you just move to that country... Is it because you don't want to lose your constitutional rights but it's okay if you infringe on others? Are you aware that females make up more than half of the work populace and if we were to send them all home we would economically crash because we make up more than half of the actual population and there aren't enough men to run the economy in the United States. Are you also aware that we outnumber men so some of us aren't going to get married some of us are just going to have to not be anything but homeless vagabonds? Are you also aware that a portion of that male population is either too old to bear children in a nursing home or in a prison... making our Homemaker provider husband selection even smaller?! Were you even at all considerate of the idea that women are not happy as Homemakers and a good portion of women who have babies will go on to have postpartum depression and as we all know it depression and happiness do not go hand in hand. You can support and agree with the man all you want but realize that maybe you should educate yourself before you make a total ass of yourself like the Chiefs Butler dude did when he actually gave this speech.
I feel sorry for the fully indoctrinated lost young people I pray they wake up
@JIMDEZWAV
13 күн бұрын
I spent most my life searching , I found what I was looking for when I became a father = I wasted most of my life
@theend9494
13 күн бұрын
they don't realise how sht their lives will become as they get older
@MrSaritch57
13 күн бұрын
Cry harder because women want careers. Why are the most basic boring individuals so concerned with other's lives? Hint ..we don't want to be like you.
@slicklandy7819
13 күн бұрын
Too late, moron Butker can not be saved
@MrSaxobeat020
13 күн бұрын
@@theend9494 I have seen more depressed couples than single people in my life. Couples fight like wild animals haha 😂
god forbid two adults decide they want a family
Not the guy in the blue suit trying to be a white knight. Just shut up and let the woman talk. You clearly didn’t watch the whole speech just like she pointed out.
I am so eternally grateful that my wife put her career on hold to stay home with our kids. Its no guarantee but they are in their 20s, both are entirely successful and on their own, no drug problems, no anti depression drugs and no crime. My wife went back to her career when my youngest was 16 and is every bit as successful as she would have been if she never quit. Married 30 years and grateful. I tell her often how much I honor her choice
@karenwinston4084
10 күн бұрын
She is not every bit as successful if she never would have quit working. STOP LYING! Why didn't you quit your job and stay at home to raise the kids? Would you have been as successful in your career if you'd stopped working for 20 plus years? You know that is NOT the truth.
@yodservant
7 күн бұрын
@@karenwinston4084 depends on how you define *success* ....if it's happiness and quality of life or so many dollars in the bank....
@marcuswardle3180
3 күн бұрын
Married 30 years means you got married in 1994 and were probably born in early 70’s. Growing up she would have been surrounded by women who were expected to give up there jobs when they had children. In the nineties there were very few, if none at all, female top executives and women’s pay was way below men. Also a couple could afford to live on one salary. Societal pressure was probably the big factor why your wife stayed at home rather than continue her job. Nowadays it is almost impossible for a couple to raise a child on one salary. You need two salaries to afford childcare et al. To be able to do it comfortably you both need two good paying jobs with high salaries. Before you criticise me I am 63 and have therefore seen things go from bad to worse for couples with children. There are no stay at home moms these days unless the husband is in a very wealthy job.
Harrison was asked to speak. Colin disrupted games. The end
God forbid he wants a wife and family
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
That not what he said
@MrSaritch57
13 күн бұрын
God forbid a housewife sized dude telling people to be more manly 🤣🤣🤣
@harbingerofepiphany3155
13 күн бұрын
I think he was essentially saying that lunatic veiws are trying silence truth and are destroying society and the outrage against truth and God need to stop 🛑
@RickNYC732
13 күн бұрын
What did he say ? That choosing to be a mother over a career can also be a rewarding and joyful journey ?
@MrSaxobeat020
13 күн бұрын
He already has it, so he needs to shut up and continue kicking balls as his career.
He can have any ideals he wants - but to be fair, this was a commencement speech, not a speech to the general community. You are supposed to celebrate the achievement of gaining a degree, not telling people that they have fallen for a lie and wasted the last three or four years of their lives.
@Hoodlum728
12 күн бұрын
At least someone told them the truth… 95% of those degrees are useless
@ericswart3786
11 күн бұрын
You're basing your entire opinion on less than 2 minutes of a 20-minute speech. He spent a lot of time talking about how men need to be men and how faith should drive what you do. And he didn't say they wasted the last four years of their lives. He just said that there is more to life than just working for a company, and that's getting married and having kids. He never said women shouldn't work. He said homemaker is one of the greatest jobs but that doesn't mean he felt all women should only do that. The last 20+ years western society has made stay at home wives seem as if they were less. There is nothing wrong with being a stay-at-home mother. More and more women are coming out saying they chased the corporate ladder, forsaken marriage and kids and now that they are in their 50's, they regret it because they have no one to share their golden years with. They don't have kids or future grandkids to share their successes with.
@KLee-fb7my
8 күн бұрын
@@ericswart3786 Butker mentions the importance of "accepting one's lane and remaining within it" immediately after discussing contentious topics such as abortion, IVF, surrogacy, and euthanasia, yet overlooks the inherent contradiction. Both Butker and Maher, drawing from positions of privilege, appear unaware that contemporary economic challenges, marked by soaring food and housing expenses, render it increasingly difficult for recent college graduates burdened with significant debt-often surpassing $100,000-to sustain a household with only a single income provider.
@laurykristensen6239
2 күн бұрын
THANK YOU! You are one of an amazingly few people who didn't ignore that absolutely insulting comment. He more than negated his perfunctory "Congratulations ladies", with his pompous rhetoric that followed.
@laurykristensen6239
2 күн бұрын
@@Hoodlum728That may be true, but he aimed his statement at only the women.
Agreed.... family is a very important option ❤
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
It went over their heads.
He got more blowback than Diddy
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
Diddy wasn't the Key Note Speaker
@georgepristouris4149
13 күн бұрын
@@aprilwashington3150 and he didn’t kick the shit out of a woman. Then drag her across the floor. I’d rather my daughter listen to a speech than be physically beaten.
@georgepristouris4149
13 күн бұрын
@@aprilwashington3150 Diddy beat a woman down and dragged her across the floor. I’d rather my daughter listen to a speech than be beaten to a pulp.
@georgepristouris4149
12 күн бұрын
@@aprilwashington3150 Butker didn’t beat a woman to a pulp. Rather have my daughter listen to a speech by Butker than hang out with Diddy.
@Hoodlum728
12 күн бұрын
Well he’s a different shade than Diddy. If Mahomes gave that speech, no issue…
So how did his audience react? Looked like a big applause for him!
My mom was raised during the depression. Women were raised to be wives and mothers. It benefitted me and other kids to have an awesome mom at home. I also had a dad who loved and supported my mom. It was idyllic to be me in the 1960s
@RScott413
13 күн бұрын
Same here, my mom was married and pregnant with me at 20, my siblings before she was 25 and she was there until our teens when she went to work and became a very successful career woman and mother. It meant EVERYTHING and my wife did the same for our kids that are grown and successful in life today
@rosemimi973
13 күн бұрын
The stay at home mom stint ends when the kids leave home..or even earlier when they start going to school, hang out with friends, etc.. My friend tried being a stay at home mom for a few years and didn't like only being "the mother of". She then started working again when the kids are at school and she really enjoys it. Plus, it gives her independence from her husband's salary and together they have more money for their family.
@marcuswardle3180
3 күн бұрын
@@RScott413So your mom didn’t start her career until you were in your teens? Had you when you were 20 plus teens,15, makes 35. Started work when she was 35-40. She stated work when she was between 35-40 which meant she didn’t have much chance to advance up the career ladder and with commensurate wages. She therefore never gained as much economic freedom as she would have if she had started at the age of 20!
@laurykristensen6239
2 күн бұрын
@@RScott413That is ideal. Butker does not want his wife to work. At all! She gave up her career to be his supportive wife. It wasn't just for motherhood.
Why don't we have news like this in the states, Sky News Australia is based!
@slicklandy7819
13 күн бұрын
Sky news UK not like this, They can get away with it in Australia, its far right, racist country
I must be old; I can remember when Feminism was about women wanting to have it all -- rewarding career AND home and family, just as men have. So what's the problem now?
@sarahillona
13 күн бұрын
The problem is that he framed homemaking as the true purpose of women and said that we only “come alive” when we become mothers/wives. Which is straight out of the 1950’s. And why would this be addressed to just the women? Why wouldn’t the men also be most excited about the children they will bring into the world?
@jasonwolfe1318
13 күн бұрын
@@sarahillonaI think the issue is that these life choices are more complicated for women, men don’t typically have a choice. Perhaps that’s why he addressed this portion of the speech to women. Maybe we should just except differences views without being offended
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
It's not about having it all. It's about the FREEDOM to choose your own path as a sovereign individual and the FREEDOM to change course along the way with the full support of your man/Husband as she supports him as well.
@DG-gz1oe
13 күн бұрын
@@sarahillona Apparently you didn't read/listen to the portion of his address that was directed toward the men.
@sarahillona
13 күн бұрын
@@DG-gz1oe Actually I did, and telling young men to be proud of their masculinity is NOT the same as telling them to focus on their families above their careers. I also listened to the parts where he said the gay kids in the audience were committing a “deadly sin”. Which is something I’m sure they were hoping to hear at their graduation with their families present.
My grandchildren are on the way in the coming months and I am fortunate enough to give the kids an option if the ladies want to return to work. My wife and I will help care for them as needed to make sure that their mothers are either with them or letting us take care of them. It is too important to have family there for their growth. We might even homeschool with minimal exposure to indoctrination
@laurykristensen6239
2 күн бұрын
My parents looked after my kids before and after school. It was wonderful. They had a bit of group daycare/preschool and that was great for socializing and being well rounded kids. I took time off work when they were little. They were very happy.
It’s true about asking you what do you do? I was home with my kids. Well what about before and after. I didn’t have a career. I had part time jobs her and there over the years. I went to college. I worked after college. But what I wanted was to be married and have children. I was in high school and college in the 70s. I’m Catholic. I wish we had a speaker like him when I graduated.
My wife just wanted to be a homemaker and I gave her that. She raised two beautiful and successful daughters, took care of me so I can focus on my job as a U.S. Army soldier and provide for my family. We are now empty nesters and enjoying the fruits of our conservative and Christian values that we followed.
@andrewmartinez7743
11 күн бұрын
Ok well good for you but not everyone has that luxury……
@emmanuelalviola4112
10 күн бұрын
@@andrewmartinez7743 For me, luxury only came because of the choices my wife and I made in our lives. We started just like most ordinary people. We stuck with our Christian values and just tried to always do the right thing which most of the time is the hardest thing to do. Our luxurious life doesn’t mean we are rich. We just live comfortably, no debts, good health, happy and loving every minute of each other’s company. We have two wonderful daughters, the eldest is a journalism graduate and married to an Air Force pilot and soon to have a baby. The youngest is a clinical psychologist and works as counselor in an Air Force base in Florida. What more can I ask. i have fulfilled my role as a husband and father and soon to be grand father in this life and so is my wife, a homemaker.
Having a family is great. If she gets to stay at home and become a homemaker, great! But remember this speech was made on their graduation. And telling the girls that their life starts when you marry a man is incredibly self centred thing to do. The occasion does not call for this man to devalue all their hardwork the women spent in an effort for that degree! This speech is for the general audiences, not for freshly graduated young females.
@lhaynes7365
7 күн бұрын
I disagree 100%. I wish someone had told me the importance of being a mom & wife and how vain and fleeing is to seek a career if you want a family. To the women out there, on your death bed, do you want to hold on to your "diplomas and paychecks" or the hands of the husband and kids you ignored over a fleeing carer?
@laurykristensen6239
2 күн бұрын
@annie9473 Absolutely. He congratulates them and proceeds to explain how meaningless their education is. So insensitive! A number of the female students did not stand nor applaud. Hiding misogyny disguised as Catholic values, the nuns did not approve.
@laurykristensen6239
2 күн бұрын
@@lhaynes7365Most career women I know also have families. Getting a degree gives options like working from home at a higher hourly rate than if uneducated. My grandmother got her teaching certificate when her husband was killed. Raised four great children, and continued University courses into her 60's. She imparted the value of education as a beloved teacher. She was forced to step up, but loved her family and the hundreds of students whose lives she touched. She was the most selfless and loving person. She left a huge legacy.
@lhaynes7365
2 күн бұрын
@@laurykristensen6239 I agree, education is important but women have lost sight of their role is society, to raise a family. Not always possible due to circumstances of course, but the vast majority of us are called into motherhood Not the workforce.
"Diabolic lied to" He shouldn't have used these words. It was unnecessary and why even Patrick Mahomes is treating him like a stranger. People can give a good message but certain words or phrase may throw that "good message" to the trash can.
@ericswart3786
11 күн бұрын
That's the thing, it was a diabolical lie. It started following WWII when the government saw the potential tax revenue women could bring to the country. The government started raising the cost of goods to lower buying power so two incomes was equivalent to that of one income in a span of 20 years. The other part of the lie is that women will be satisfied with career success in lieu of having children. Men take pride in their work and accomplishments; women take pride in their home and family. That's not all men and all women but it is a large enough portion to make the generalization. It's why certain fields are dominated by men and others are dominated by women. Because we are different. And to sell the lie that men and women are the same is wrong. And the reason this lie is so diabolical is because by the time women realize they were sold a fake bag of goods, it's too late for them to go back on get the things they missed out on, primarily children.
I watched the full speech and I didn't interpret it the way the media is making it out to be. I'm not even catholic or affiliated with any religion for that matter. Butker wasn't forcing women to become homemakers, he said some women will climb the corporate ladder, but he bets the majority of them are excited to become wives and mothers and talked about his wife's experience. It's great to see how much he appreciates his wife unlike some NFL players who are wife beaters. He makes millions a year so his wife doesn't have to work. Don't tons of women dream of being an NFL wife anyway? I forgot to add you can be a mother and still work a job. Lots of people do that this day in age. Oh, and wasn't he delivering a commencement speech at a catholic university where the values are more aligned with his? I might not agree with everything he says, but I'm not at all offended over this.
Not everyone goes to University to get a career. In fact, most universities do not prepare you for a career. Going to University is much like seeing the world before you settle down. For me, it was a place to go until I found my vocation. These days, as complicated as the world has become, a woman would do well to go to university in preparation for motherhood. That is, if the universities would teach parenting to men and women. There is something terribly wrong in a world where getting an education does not include parenting.
I’m a man who works 2 jobs and I’m more excited about the kids I bring into this world and the person lm building my life with than my career and I love I do - my work is to make sure my family has what they need and that’s more important, their happiness and quality to life. My purpose is bigger than me when it comes to my family.
Listening to career women who have kids say you can't be a mom and have a successful career is really silly
This is the greatest thing for a woman being a mother
Women whose career is motherhood have a long-term contribution to the economy that would last decades, or even, a century legacy!
Double standards in real time.
He was quite clear that women had a choice and he was equally clear about what a good Catholic would choose.
The problem is telling women what they should be doing and that they were “lied to”. women should support men’s dreams? WTF? What about women’s dreams??
@ericswart3786
11 күн бұрын
To me, the lie is that women will be happy without a husband and kids. Society has spent more than 20 years convincing women that job success is more important than a family. And the reality is that is not true. Women, in general, take more pride in having kids than any success they've had moving up the corporate ladder. Look how many successful women have come out and said that they take more pride in their children than all the success they've had in their job. The lie is telling girls from a young age that when they become women, they shouldn't have a family, they shouldn't get married. They should only pursue monetary aspirations. So of course, being raised on that philosophy, they think their dreams should be just that. The reality is it is not as fulfilling in the long term. It's not the key for lifelong happiness. Marriage and children, in general, is what makes women happy. And that's not me saying that is all women are good for. They should, if they desire, have a career and pursue financial success, but not at the cost of their family.
Well, all these House Wives tv shows didn't persuade them, maybe this Commencement Speech will 😂
It wasn't a weird time for him to talk about mothers because it was on Mother's Day!
Graduation Is the best time to tell women that they are values regardless of what they choose to do in life and moreover, that homemaker is definitely a an honorable and valid choice to have.
I’m grateful Bill has the views he does and God has given him the platform to state truth.
I think it comes down to the devaluation of the traditional family unit. No one is advocating for barefoot illiterate pregnant teenage mothers in the kitchen, or opposing women doing what they want to do. It's the idea that the biggest source of pride in your day to day life should be your job, your level of professional achievement. While those are indeed healthy points of pride in ones self and contributes to a persons overall social and mental health as well as their income, how could having built a happy, healthy, and loving family that you get to enjoy everyday possibly be thought of as a lesser acomplishment than a professional achievment? Being a dedicated homemaker is not only hard work, but it's also the most important position in the world for each and every family. The idea that young women have been liberated from a position of domestic servitude (which is actual a position of near ultimate power and authority in a home) to only go on to work in an office is a laughable. Given the opportunity I would love to stay at home and invest my time and effort into my family. It would be a much more rewarding than devoting my precious little time on Earth for the benefit of my boss. I certainly don't feel free, I feel trapped by my career, there's other things I'd rather be doing. But this is only my point of view, if a young woman wants to pursue attainment in the professional world, then why does it seem like the arguement is presented as it has to be one or the other, why can't she have both? Why can't she have a job and start a family, either before, after, or even at the same time? Yes, one would suffer because of the other, but that's life, which is dealing with reality on reality's terms. That's why I continue working, but I always keep thing in perspective, at the end of the day it's just a job, but my family will always be home when I get there, and they are the reason I do what I do. They are the most important thing to me, and I don't see any reason why being a homemaker would be seen as a lesser accomplishment.
Thank you, Newsmax, for properly contextualizing Butker’s remarks amid the distortions and outright lies of liberals and leftists and mainstream media.
Telling young people how important family is… how dare he! Everyone knows the secret to lasting happiness is to chase success and wealth at the expense of family formation.
There is no big crime with what you quoted he said. The big offense is the holistic context of his mysoginy, homophobia and anti DEI that surrounded his speech!
Well said Emma, and love the way you stripped away the lies.
It's not a crime to speak your opinion. Just as I feel that Harrison is a moron. Just let people live how they want to live. How hard is that?
I agreed with most of what he said I also understand the outrage though. My mom is a stay at home mom and homeschooled my brother and I and I wish that more women and men understood the value they bring in relationships but sadly not many realize it. In my opinion it is weird how in the United States we almost talk down about and undermine women’s education yet the countries he most likely were referring to with low child out of wedlock rates value education for both genders. So to make a speech like this to women who’s parents or they have just spent a lot of money is kind of unnecessary, insensitive and undermining. Plus in America all of these teachers and parents are saying the children can’t read nor do math and are more behind than ever. Well in many conservative cultures they value education and having an education is basic in their countries. They understand that the mother is going to be your child’s first teacher when she becomes a housewife and whatever traits women have acquired to be successful in our lives and in pursuing our education will be passed down to our children because we all first pair bond with our mothers and pick up little tiny habits from them that make substantial impact in our lives. I also heard an elderly Japanese man say while being interviewed in Japan about the birth and marriage rates that he made sure to say get married to a woman who has an education because your children will be smart too. My parents also said this to me growing up about making sure I have my own credits and education. I’ve also heard this from Arabs, Koreans, Pakistanis, Indians, Chinese, Singaporeans but in America young men and some women are always talking about women being educated is part of the problem when in South Korea planes ✈️ are down so that their sons AND DAUGHTERS pass their exams so that they can get into one of the top universities. They also go through great lengths to help their young people when it comes to their education. Even in the Jewish community women are educated. So you can see how it feels daunting when we see all of these articles on how poorly school children are doing in the states but then we turn around and discourage women from getting a degree only to look to more traditional and conservative cultures and try to strive to emulate what they have going on without actually knowing what they have going on. That’s why in many countries there is no such thing as a gap year or men aren’t staying in college. I’m not at all saying it’s 100% women’s responsibility though I will say some cultures that we so conveniently bring up to prove our point’s understand that the mother is the first teacher so women need an education and life experiences too.
Everyone is overlooking the fact that so many women work because they have to. Does Butker think money grows on trees for women to be able to stay home with their children?
@sadie4538
13 күн бұрын
Oh brother! Do you think he doesn't understand that? smh
@lulajohns1883
13 күн бұрын
@sadie4538 I really have no idea what is in head nor do I give a good god damn. Just another man trying to demean women.
According to a pew research study, the US has the highest single parent rate in the world.
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
Because women have more OPTIONS than women in other regions.
Maybe try reading the entire speech next time, including the homophobia and pro-life crap.
I am about done with Bill
Nothing wrong with what he said. I always wanted to just be a housewife and caught alot of grief for it. Raising kids and being a wife are the most important things there are in life, kids are our future
Best part of the speech was not a Palestinian flag in sight
To my knowledge, Butker has NOT been charged with ANY crimes. He's been exposed as a 16th century misogynist who hates diversity, equity and inclusion as much as he hates the LGBTQIA+ community, but that's not the same thing as being criminally charged. The only words worth a fig in the Bible: Matthew 7:12: "In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets" Luke 6:31: "Do to others as you would have them do to you". These words are the primary tenet of Christianity, and are SO important that they appear TWICE. Christ didn't have room in His heart for hatred and judgement. I'm certain that most women in the audience at Benedictine did not appreciate Butker telling them what their highest calling should be. I know that the Benedictine Nuns have stated that they didn't support the speech...
$120k in tuition is an awful lot of money to learn how to be a full time homemaker. Just sayin'.
@USA55412
9 күн бұрын
What did they learn? How to support hamas? Or how to become weak minded losers who hate their country and white people. Seems like a lot of money to learn that bullshit.
@USA55412
9 күн бұрын
120 k to figure out if your a boy or girl seems the norm these days at Harvard and other liberal moron universities
@USA55412
9 күн бұрын
Or any of the other 72 genders they teach.
I spent most my life searching , I found what I was looking for when I became a father = I wasted most of my life
The problem is the same people applauding him denigrated Other for kneeling in defense of black peoples being killed by police then were gaslit claiming they were against the military. Also, these are the same people who a yr from know will call women irresponsible for not working to pay off the school loans they just accrued. Even the baby crying in the background knew he was full of $#!+ he should have given this speech to a private high school before these women ( most of who took out loans that they just work to pay back). Also he mention ls vocation but I guarantee you men who think this way foget that people in vocations also take breaks, get vacation time, are allowed to express their opinions about how the job should be run, and are often vocal about their vocation. All of which most men who have “ homemaker” wives don’t want to hear their wives opinions.
@ericswart3786
11 күн бұрын
There is a huge difference between speaking at a Catholic university on his own time vs kneeling for the national anthem when you are supposed to be standing. I can do whatever I want on my own time, I cannot express my political views at work. That's the difference. And Kaepernick was a fake activist. He knew he was about to be cut and did that political stunt so he wouldn't get cut. He wore pig police socks, he wore a Che Guevera shirt, someone who committed far worse atrocities, and then didn't bother to vote. If he really cared, he would have actually done something about it. He never said women shouldn't work. He commended women that are homemakers, something society degraded for the last 20+ years.
The “big crime” is he’s not prepared to give up his career and raise his kids, but expect women to give up their careers and be “homemakers “. It’s the hypocrisy. If he gave up his own career to raise kids, then I’ll think that he actually believes what he says. Expect he hasn’t.
Sad that some of the culture somehow sees this guy as some maleficent misogynistic narcissist.
Men: What's a 4B Movement 😕🤔
Ty Bill for defending him
Men: What is single and child-free??? 😕
That’s what feminism was supposed to offer. Choices! Not take away any. Instead, when people asked women what they did, if she said homemaker, she was given the side eye. I’ve always hated that. I’m 70 and had a great career. I did not have a wonderful marriage waiting for me upon graduation. I needed to work and was glad, slowly, there were more opportunities than previously offered…teacher, nurse or secretary. Nothing wrong with those professions but more doors needed to be open for women to pursue their futures. The bottom line is, live your life like you (or you and your husband) want to or need to. You only have one. Choose wisely and don’t disparage anyone else’s choices. Btw..I got married and had a daughter. It was later than my friends but it was wonderful and worked out perfectly for us. God has a purpose and a plan for us, to prosper us and not harm us. Let’s keep hands off and let others be free.
Of course it's a choice but the way it was framed was if you don't prioritize starting a family you'll probably not be as happy as you could've been. Like the implication is that's the correct path when in reality there isn't a "correct" path. Just do what you want and acknowledge people can find happiness in either. He's doing the exact opposite (implies motherhood makes you happier) of what he's correctly criticizing (women being told career chasing makes you happier). Neither makes you happier. Doing what you want/pursuing what you want makes you happy. This was an over correction which is common nowadays. In the attempt to call out silliness people tend to swing back to far to the opposite side.
If I had been in that audience I would have nodded my head in complete agreement. I am a college graduate, yet the corporate ladder has never been of interest to me and most of the college educated women I know. I wanted marriage and children far more and for far longer than any career thoughts.
The NFL puts out a good product, but that doesn't mean that their opinion is relevant to society. Basically they are spineless and go along with any view to protect this franchise. Give us football and stay out of politics. Most of us don't care what is their political view.
The speech that created more Nuns 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@sadie4538
13 күн бұрын
Rather, the speech that enraged all the feminists! Kudos Butker! Don't stop.
Better hope the conservative views of other players who are other religions don't ever get out. They would really set liberals off.
Be awake not woke.
What he said should be no more controversial than giving someone a Mother's day card 😇👌
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
Cuz you're not doing the labor and neither is his wife 😉
@anticom6099
13 күн бұрын
@@aprilwashington3150the mothers don’t have to either, they can always opt for c-sections instead.
@BoxEnjoyer
13 күн бұрын
He implied that women receiving degrees were being lied to in some way.
Was a great speech!
This was a graduation ceremony, though. They celebrated an academic achievement, not what could have been by now or already is. Whatever women chose to do these days is a decision they have to make alone or with their partner. Harrison made that decision with his wife, which is beautiful, but it has nothing to do with the graduation of random strangers. He should have just congratulated them to their achievement, wish them well for their future and be done with it.
@sadie4538
13 күн бұрын
If one is a like-minded practicing Catholic -- and I believe many in that Catholic College are -- then, it has a lot to do with the graduation of "random strangers."
@rosemimi973
13 күн бұрын
@@sadie4538 I am a Catholic, now married and with children. But when I graduated and then got my PhD, which I wanted to do, I hadn’t met the right guy yet. However, I had my parents in the audience who supported me to pursue my academic dreams and were super proud. Them and I would have found it incredibly patronizing to hear about marriage and children when this was not the time and the place. I met my husband, also a Catholic, years later and he has been and still is supporting my career while I am supporting him. For us this works well.
I'm a little confused where people are getting the idea that stay at home moms are looked down upon though? Idk, maybe I'm just fortunate enough to have been raised around people who arent judgemental but I haven't been around people who look down upon that. I do think there's a misconception that being a SAHM is less difficult than having a career which I think is untrue. But I haven't seen people act like being a SAHM is some how societally a worse choice. I've seen more of the opposite. I do understand though what the commentator was saying about the lie that you can have both. I would say honestly though that's more a lie pushed by first/second wave feminism- when they were pushing for the right for women to be involved in the workplace. It makes sense that in trying to prove women are good enough to do the same jobs as men, they kind of misrepresented all women as like....totally badass yassss I can do ANYTHING YOU CAN DO AND BETTER! and were like "yeah you can be an involved mom and a careerwoman too." I think you CAN kinda do both, but it's gonna come with a lot of stress. I think current wave feminism though realizes the fact that now that women are more integrated into workplaces, there should be more support for mothers. I dont think modern feminism says "you can do both." it recognizes that it's hard to do both and pushes for more societal/workplace support for working moms (/working parents in general. I also think the idea that a mom should be the one to stay home with the kids is flawed/false. I know traditional catholics believe that cause they believe that's what God wants which is fine if that's how they want to structure their family- but I'm talking about from a secular framework from a child welfare perspective, I don't think it matters which parent does most of the child rearing stuff)
How many of these women have Facebook pages filled with pictures of their coworkers and place of business and bosses rather than pictures of their children? If you want to see where their priorities lie, look at their pages.
Mahar is always conflicted. He's standing for traditional Christian values while promoting everything left.
@sadie4538
13 күн бұрын
Maybe he's reached a fork in the road...?
These videos might get more views if there was less text. I listen to KZread while driving and working. I’m not going to be reading this stuff and neither will a lot of people.
There isnt
I'm so glad I have a husband like Harrison. Harrison never said women shouldn't have careers. I've worked all my adult life, and nothing compares to the satisfaction I have felt being a wife and mother. You silly sad women, I actually feel sorry for you. Unless you get over yourselves, you'll never feel the contentment and joy I feel honoring and, yes, serving my family, especially my husband.
@wgcds7jyg897
13 күн бұрын
😂😂 You’re trying a little too hard, sweetheart.
I stand with Butker!
Let wokes go mad! That is what they do for a living! 😂
I raised my standards in females. Locally i am expected to be with what use to be Chavs or to accept a really chavvy female. But i am reserving for somebody who had the intelligence to recognise the rarity and difficutly of my ambitions.
@UltraPerception
13 күн бұрын
What i mean is. I am expected to go with anyone i can get, and be happy. Have a kid. And feel normal. Though i can go without. So i would seek somebody with high levels of respect for me. And somebody who could reccognise my solidarity and uniqueness.
@JIMDEZWAV
13 күн бұрын
I spent most my life searching , I found what I was looking for when I became a father = I wasted most of my life
People have Mothers. There. I said it. Come arrest me.
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
And those mothers got in the car and told there daughter's, DON'T YOU EVER SACRIFICE YOUR DREAMS FOR A MAN, NOT EVEN YOUR HUSBAND.
@TimBitts649
13 күн бұрын
@@aprilwashington3150 What about a man? Should he sacrifice his life, his income, for his wife?...and kids? And should he bother getting married, if she is all about her dreams, not her family? Dennis Prager had an interesting stat: Only 2% of women are happy to only have a career, no family. The rest want a family. But why should a man bother, if his wife's dreams are about her own ambition?
@MrSaritch57
13 күн бұрын
@@TimBitts649so it's cool if the woman follows the dude's dream, bad if they follow the woman's dream. Do you see how absolutely fragile these beta f@cks are?
@Mr.Perry33
10 күн бұрын
@@aprilwashington3150Yet woman get all upset when the man wants them to sign a prenup
Big ups to the lady in red. She spoke truth to life. I am a woman, and I love you for that speech.
So Bill you're ok with a wife supporting her husband's career but the husband not even seeing it necessary for her to even want one of her own, and you're ok with that?
The problem with Butker's speech is that he posited that the "homemaker" role is the correct role. Not an option. The proper and correct role. Feminism came about because the patriarchy was putting every obstacle possible in the way of women becoming true equals. Butker said the "majority" - not an option.
Love all the gaslighting, like he didn't basically insinuate one of those choices was much better than the other.
@MrSaritch57
13 күн бұрын
Yo... actually listen to it before opening your mouth. He said they fell for a diabolical lie. Anyways, boring basic people (like yourself) need to stop telling people how to live.
Holy snowflakes
Some of your will go off to have successful careers, but I would venture to guess.... See what happens when men think 😂
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
Dude, you should not have ventured. 😂
Feminism has gone too far
@earlnoli
12 күн бұрын
It's good the AU is still neutral still on this... not too woke compared to USA. Feminism was very good in the years 2000s and peak at 2010s. Weirdly it was taken over by abusers of the system and transformed it to be anti-women by being anti family but when you ask "successful" women... they all say success is the family.
Trump 2024, and end the madness
BUTKER JERSEY -- OFFICIAL GEAR FOR TRADITIONAL FAMILIES
Yall know damn well his wife has a Chef Nanny Maid Butler Chauffeur Trainer Meanwhile the rest of the world is to live like James and Florida Evans
@oldiwan1673
13 күн бұрын
I see envy here.
@dat8835
13 күн бұрын
He's a kicker not a billionaire lol, they may have a maid that helps out or a nanny but I doubt they have a whole staff of help
@kathleen4688
13 күн бұрын
I actually know the Butkers, I went to the same university as Harrison in Georgia, USA. They are a very humble family. Don't assume just because Harrison is a successful athlete!
@CynthiaAllenStrawberry
13 күн бұрын
We raised our children on one income. If a couple really wants to do it they can. You don’t have to have a lot of money. My husband had a very low income at the beginning and we did just fine.
@dat8835
13 күн бұрын
@@CynthiaAllenStrawberry my wife and I both work and we do well, but I will say living on one income is difficult in today's economy. It also depends heavily on where you live. But you are right it can be done in the right circumstances
Madness
Men: why do women keep filing for divorce 😂
@oldiwan1673
13 күн бұрын
Shortest distance between two lines is my guess.
@MrSaritch57
13 күн бұрын
No... because this is the quality of men they have to choose from. Housewife sized dudes that are so fragile, they need a woman to submit for a relationship to work.
Bill Maher always acts like he's the smartest guy in the room, but in truth he just has an air of smugness while knowing very little.
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
Exactly
@aprilwashington3150
13 күн бұрын
Husband: My wife stopped having s3x with me, or she's depressed or she's blindsided me with divorce papers, or whatever Therapist: Why do you think that is? Husband: I don't know. I gave her everything [I] wanted for her----a beautiful home, a family, and ME, a husband to cook clean fuk and follow. What more could she possibly want??? Therapist: Mmm hmmm Fly on the wall: 🤦♀️Fukn idiot 😂
Someone needed to say it.
Did anyone take the time to look up DIABOLICAL??? Maybe we should start there 🤷♂️🤷♀️
Critical thinking is a thing of the past.
@sadie4538
13 күн бұрын
Congratulations on winning the Dumbest Comment Award on social media!
@debbiemac1923
12 күн бұрын
@@sadie4538 . And thanks for proving my point.
@Mr.Perry33
10 күн бұрын
@@sadie4538You literally proved his point 😂
666 likes🤘 fuck yeah🤘
Single and child-free man good. Single and child-free woman bad.
@jewely9757
13 күн бұрын
Man or woman free to live as they choose? Awesome!
So Bill you're ok with the wives not having their own career and goals in exchange for the husband having his?
@marceloeguino
13 күн бұрын
Nobody said that, he said some women may want this, and others may want the other. Nothing wrong there!
Being a wife and mother has been the best part of my life. If I had had a choice I would’ve been a stay at home mum but I had to work. Now I’m enjoying my grandchildren. Nothing replaces it. Feminists destroyed families and that’s why society is such a mess now. Go Harrison Butler 👏🏻
Bill Maher hit the nail on the head. Hypocrisy abounds on the left.
Why would he venture to guess that??? Is becoming a Nun an option???
@sadie4538
13 күн бұрын
What's with this nun talk?
That last guy ranting about parenthood probably believes in birthing persons and men can have periods. Women have a finite amount of time to have children and many have put their careers first because that's what they have been told they must do to be considered successful only later to find out its too late to have children or men no longer want a woman in her forties that they cant start a family with.
Why did he have to single out women? Men aren't excited to start a family after they graduate? He never said he was. I think he was more about sending his political message then being empathetic.
Bill, here's a show topic for you: How a Narc admires his wife. My wife's life didn't start [UNTIL] she married ME 😂 My wife was NOTHING [until] she married ME 😂 My wife's existence was USELESS [until] she married ME 🙄🤔😂😂😂 To my daughter, You as your own sovereign individual being, is NOBODY [until] you become a House Slave for a man but he will cleverly call it being a Homemaker and a Wife 😊👌 And here's the kicker (all puns intended), " WHEN SHE BECAME USEFUL TO ME". 😮😯😲😳🥺🥶🤦♀️ And THAT'S what love is 🫠